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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – A local paramedic is speaking out to FOX 12 Investigates after her father-in-law waited in agony for over an hour for an ambulance. This paramedic, Talitha Saunders, says this instance is symbolic of the problems facing Portland’s emergency management services right now, which include under-staffed EMTs and paramedics and some 911 calls not being prioritized as well as they could be.