Letter to the editor

In a recent KNEB news item I was quoted as saying, “the commissioners felt it was time to hand the ambulance service over to qualified people in the medical field.”

That quote is accurate but unfortunately it seems to have been misinterpreted. The ‘qualified people in the medical field’ was in reference to the establishment of an EMS Board of Directors as recommended by the EMS assessment completed in November of 2016. The assessment was conducted by The Paramedic Foundation and funded by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to other benefits provided by the partne...