Manhattan paramedics are warning New Yorkers they may soon have to wait longer for an ambulance to arrive after an Upper East Side hospital made cuts to its fleet.
About a dozen paramedics at Northwell Health’s Lenox Hill Hospital received a letter Thursday stating their positions will be eliminated in 30 days “due to operational needs of the hospital.”
A spokesperson for Northwell Health, Barbara Osborn, told CBS News New York the decision followed “a comprehensive evaluation of our ambulance utilization and deployment within the FDNY EMS system” and “is intended to further optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of our operations.”
“Less ambulances, longer response times”
The cuts amount to about 23% of the hospital’s total ambulance deployment…