Robert McCarthy, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts, said the new law will reduce the quality of emergency medical care provided in critical cases.
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
Medical response law draws criticism
Cuts paramedic staffing; adopted without debate
Robert McCarthy, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts, said the new law will reduce the quality of emergency medical care provided in critical cases.
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
State lawmakers have quietly passed a new law that allows municipalities and private ambulance companies to cut by half the number of paramedics who serve in advanced life support ambulances. (Full article: 759 words)
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