• jtrek@startrek.website
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    3 days ago

    I don’t believe there is a problem of people needlessly calling ambulances.

    If that was the case, the appropriate response would not be to charge everyone bank breaking fees for it.

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      3 days ago

      We seem to in Japan. I see posters here every now and then. It basically says, “are you sure it’s an emergency,” and lists symptoms that might not be appropriate for calling an ambulance like having a slight fever or a hangover.

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        3 days ago

        If that’s the case, I imagine it would be better to charge people for frivolous use, rather than charge everyone. Or come up with a system where dispatch sends something else for non-emergency, if you can tell.

        I’m not a policy expert, but the current system is bad for everyone.

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          It’s totally possible to get a near free ambulance system btw, many countries do it and in some there is somethig like 0.70~0.90€/km tariff, which is def not much