emergency

dispatches

Broadcasts about these fire and ambulance calls were monitored this past week by the newspaper.

Dec. 11

2:15 a.m. — A 63-year-old man who fell was complaining of knee pain in the 200 block of W. B St., Hillsboro. He refused to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.

2:45 a.m. — Marion firefighters went to the 200 block of S. 4th St., Marion for a fire alarm that was going off.

3:11 a.m. — A Marion county jail inmate who was complaining of smoke inhalation, was not taken to a hospital by Marion ambulance.

9:02 a.m. — A student at Centre High School lost consciousness and was taken to Herington Hospital by Tampa ambulance.

11:44 a.m. — A woman who fell in the 100 block of W. 3rd St. in Florence, was taken to Newton Medical Center by Marion ambulance.

10:14 p.m. — A 63-year-old man who fell in the 200 block of W. B St., Hillsboro, refused to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.

thursday

9:51 p.m. — A man who was non-responsive at Salem Home in Hillsboro was taken to NMC by Hillsboro ambulance.

friday

5:48 a.m. — A woman with stroke-like symptoms in the area of 400 and 230th Rd., was taken to HCH by Hillsboro ambulance. Hillsboro firefighters were called to assist with lifting.

9:10 a.m. — A patient from HCH was taken to St. Francis in Wichita by Hillsboro ambulance.

10:20 a.m. — A man from Parkside Homes in Hillsboro was taken to HCH by Marion ambulance.

10:56 a.m. — A 68-year-old woman with high blood sugar who became nonverbal in the area of 1300 and 10th Rd., Peabody, refused to be taken by Peabody ambulance to NMC.

1:41 p.m. — A patient from HCH was taken to NMC by Hillsboro ambulance.

5:44 p.m. — An 89-year-old woman who had chest and back pain in the 100 E. 9th St., in Florence, was taken to St. Luke Hospital by Marion ambulance.

saturday

1:50 p.m. — A women with a cervical collar that had come loose at Salem Home in Hillsboro, was taken to HCH by Hillsboro ambulance and back to Salem Home.

2:36 p.m. — A patient from St. Luke was taken to the 700 block of Main St., Florence by Florence ambulance.

sunday

3:45 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance and Hillsboro, Marion, and Peabody firefighters were called to a structure fire in the area of Mustang and 150th Rds.

12:42 p.m. — A 90-year-old man having abdominal pains at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro, was taken to NMC by Hillsboro ambulance.

9:16 p.m. — A 79-year-old man who fell in the 300 block of N. Ash St., Hillsboro, refused to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.

monday

4:48 a.m. — An 87-year-old man who had chest pain in the 700 block of Elm St., Peabody, was taken to NMC by Peabody ambulance.

11:21 a.m. — At his doctor’s request, a 62-year-old man in the 400 block of N. B St., Ramona, was taken to Abilene Memorial Hospital by Tampa ambulance.

12:42 p.m. — A 66-year-old man with low potassium in the 400 block of N. Locus St., Peabody, was taken to NMC by Peabody ambulance.

1:46 p.m. — Florence first responders and Marion ambulance responded to the 100 block of W. 7th St. in Florence by request of a Sheriffs officer. No one was taken to a hospital.