A Georgia judge granted an emergency injunction this week to block the actions of Augusta’s emergency medical services council after the unelected panel was accused of conflicts of interest in the provision and selection of ambulance providers. The ruling came after Augusta’s current provider, Gold Cross, filed a dramatic law suit alleging that the city’s...
Augusta Chronicle, August 18, Sylvia Cooper At the commission’s request Tuesday, Augusta Fire Chief Chris James talked generally about pursuing the EMS zone designation and how he’ll run the ambulance service if successful, although everybody already knew everything he said – except for one thing. He’ll ask for a $400,000 increase for EMS in next...
The Augusta Chronicle, August 7, 2018, Tom Corwin The Augusta Commission again clashed Tuesday over the city’s pursuit of designation as the emergency services provider for Augusta. It also sent a strong message on the location for a new James Brown Arena by saying it would fund it only at the downtown site of the...
Augusta Chronicle, August 2, 2018, Tom Corwin The Region 6 EMS Council voted Thursday to recommend opening up the zone to provide emergency ambulance service in Augusta but a final decision on who will be that provider will be up to the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health , who has rejected some...
