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KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Local police dispatchers have changed their procedures in order to make the emergency process smoother for Emergency Medical Service responders due to this years significant rise in calls about health concerns due to the pandemic.
The Kent County Sheriffs department call center manager, Brett Hulliberger, said from July 2019-July 2020 about 25% of all service calls were medical, which is pretty standard. But the majority of medical calls have been directly COVID related meaning they’ve seen a decrease in other medical emergencies…
