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Hopefully the impending fare hikes proposed by the MTA won’t make you too sick. If they do you’re on your own.
For nearly a decade, medical professionals - first nurses and then emergency medical technicians - have been posted at some of the busiest stations to help ill travelers, remove them from trains as quickly as possible and clear traffic jams on the rails. EMTs now work at seven stations.
But the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which projects huge budget gaps, says it can save nearly $250,000 a year by killing off the “Sick Customer Response Program” in 2009.
Maybe they can just have us all take turns driving the fucking trains. Imagine how much money they’ll save then.
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3. Andrew
Want a neat little picture by your comments? Get one here.I’m all for public spending, but are nurses posted at every station necessary?
Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 10:11 am | Permalink
they’re not at every station just seven of the major ones. i’m sure they save a lot of lives. if you get sick in the subway they’re the closest thing to getting you out and up and to help rather than having to wait for help to get to you, find you and then get you back up.
Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 11:25 am | Permalink
I misread. My bad.
Well fancy that then. Here, if there’s anyone around, it’s a cop to fine you if you don’t have a ticket.
Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 10:03 pm | Permalink
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