It's probably the law that if someone calls for an ambulance, one responds, no matter what.
I can assure you that it is either the law or SOP, to ward off the almost-certain mega-buck lawsuit if dispatchers ignored what turned out to be, at long last, a true emergency.
My MIL is batsh*t crazy, and every time my FIL leaves the house without her express permission she dials 911 knowing full well they HAVE to take her away in the ambulance.
I can’t recall what the exact price of that ride is, but my FIL is going broke fast because insurance isn’t paying for it anymore.
“It’s probably the law that if someone calls for an ambulance, one responds, no matter what.”
This is absolutely true. If they don’t come out that one time and it matters, it would be as good as hitting the pick 5 for the person who called or their next of kin.
If it is a real emergency the fee could be waived, or everyone gets one trip per year with no fee involved.
Hubby was a firefighter in an illegal alien welfare crowd town for many years. He and the ambulances went on many of these calls. They used them as a taxi ride to the hospital in the city then would go wherever they wanted. Legally they have to respond to the calls. But once the firefighters and ambulances got there many times the ambulance would treat them on site and refuse to take them to the hospital. They knew real calls from the fake ones. They also used to respond to what they termed ‘Hispanic panic’. Lol they would stick an oxygen mask on them and do their vitals then remove the oxygen mask and leave. Treatment. Rofl
Right. So the way around that one is to eliminate the ambulance service entirely. It's not much different than what's happening all over the country (especially California) with hospitals closing their emergency rooms.