[heartwood]

The victim declined medical care. At that point, the called dropped to a Priority 3. She would later say she did not want medical treatment because she was worried about whether she could afford an expensive ambulance bill. She mentioned taking the bus to the hospital.

"Caller states she wants to take a shower. Advised caller to not do anything until the squad arrives. Caller states she does not want medical sent because she does not want an ambulance bill. Caller states she has no other means of transportation. Caller is 82 year old and states she is unable to see and is fearful to take the bus to the hospital."

Poor lady. No refuge in her own land.

[1_Rain_Drop]

I can understand her fear.
A neighbor of mine was having a serious anxiety attack and called his doctor. His doctor called 911. The EMT immediately called it in as “patient is suicidal”, something which was the furtest thing in his mind. Ambulance transported him to the looney bin section of the hospital instead of emergency. Meanwhile no one knew where he was.
The meds he needed for his anxiety attack he received the next day. 24 hours too late. Meanwhile he was freaking out about being in the coocoo’s nest and how to get out of there. He wasn’t even allowed a phone call to let anyone know where he was.