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EL CAJON, Calif. — Several years ago in the nation’s capital, a few hundred people who dialed 911 were not taken to a hospital.The next year, nearly 2,900 calls didn’t lead to an emergency room. The year after, it was more than 7,000, according to city data.
Since 2018, more than 16,000 calls that once might have resulted in trips to the hospital were instead transferred to nurses, who could still help people find doctors or schedule rides to urgent cares…
