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The harrowing incident illustrates the barriers to health care that already affect people in areas with below-average income levels and less private insurance, like southern Fulton County.
Marco Phinnizee, 49, stands in front of the emergency entrance at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center South, where an ambulance took him for his stroke on February 16, 2022. From the first call to 911 to the ambulance’s arrival at his home, nearly two hours elapsed. (
With the impending closure of the emergency department at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center South, in East Point, “unfortunately the South Fulton community will likely experience longer response times due to ambulances having to travel further,” said John Hanson, senior vice president of Grady Emergency Medical Services…
