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As 911 calls spike along with coronavirus cases, a short-staffed Baton Rouge EMS is struggling to keep up.
“Our people are working nonstop,” EMS spokesman Mike Chustz said in a recent interview.
The shortage has only been exacerbated by a dramatic uptick in non-emergency 911 calls.
Late last month, the department reported that the East Baton Rouge 911 dispatch center saw an 880% spike in COVID-related calls between June and July — an uptick Chustz said he’d never seen during any crisis in his 26-year career..
