emergency
dispatches
Broadcasts about these fire and ambulance calls were monitored this past week by the newspaper.
May 12
5:22 a.m. — A woman who fell at Marion Assisted Living was helped up but declined to be taken to a hospital by Marion ambulance.
2:03 p.m. — A woman that was yelling for help from a locked apartment at Homestead Senior Residences, Marion, declined to be taken to a hospital by Marion ambulance after Marion police requested their assistance.
3:05 p.m. — An 85-year-old who fainted near 300th and Falcon Rds., was taken to Hillsboro Community Hospital by Hillsboro ambulance. Tampa ambulance and a Durham first responder were assisted.
6:37 p.m. — An HCH patient was transferred to Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, by Hillsboro ambulance.
wednesday
10:44 a.m. — A 65-year-old man slipped on his porch and hit his head in the 300 block of N. Washington St., Hillsboro, was taken to HCH by Hillsboro ambulance.
9 p.m. — An automated medical alert in the 500 block of S. Cedar St. in Marion turned out to be a false alarm. A Marion police officer advised Marion ambulance that it could disregard the call.
thursday
4:30 a.m. — A woman with abdominal pain in the 700 block of W. Grand Ave., Hillsboro, was taken to St. Luke Hospital, Marion, by Hillsboro ambulance.
7:48 a.m. — A 93-year-old woman who fell and hurt her shoulder at Marion Assisted Living was taken to St. Luke by Marion ambulance.
12:38 p.m. — A St. Luke patient was transferred to Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, by Marion ambulance.
6:35 p.m. — A St. Luke patient was transferred to Newton Medical Center by Marion ambulance.
friday
12:16 p.m. — A patient was taken to St. Luke from the 700 block of E. Maple St., Marion, after a call was made directly to the Marion ambulance station.
4:07 p.m. — A St. Luke patient was transferred to Newton Med by Marion ambulance.
5:58 p.m. — A St. Luke patient was transferred to Newton Med by Marion ambulance.
11:34 p.m. — A person suspected of attempting suicide was taken by Peabody ambulance from the 100 block of S. Washington St. in Burns to Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado. A Burns first responder and law enforcement officers assisted.
saturday
12:35 p.m. — Lincolnville firefighters extinguished a grass fire in a ditch along US-77 north of Lincolnville.
9:04 p.m. — One person was taken to St. Luke by Marion ambulance after a one-vehicle accident west of the dam at Marion County Lake. Marion rescue squad also was called.
sunday
1:37 a.m. — A 64-year-old woman who was vomiting blood at Indian Guide Apartments, Peabody, was taken to St. Luke by Peabody ambulance.
4:15 a.m. — A St. Luke patient was transferred to Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, by Hillsboro ambulance.
8:31 a.m. — A person found lying in a ditch near Nighthawk and 100th Rds., declined to be taken to a hospital by Peabody ambulance.
9:34 a.m. — A 95-year-old woman who fell at Parkside Homes, Hillsboro, was taken to HCH by Hillsboro ambulance.
3:50 p.m. — A 97-year-old man who was unable to walk in the 700 block of Lawrence Ave., Durham, was taken to St. Luke by Tampa ambulance. Hillsboro ambulance assisted.
monday
1:18 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance resonded to an accidental activation of a medical alarm in the 300 block of Briarwood Lane, Hillsboro.
2:27 p.m. — A St. Luke patient was transferred to Wesley by Marion ambulance.
4:07 p.m. — An 83-year-old woman who fell down steps in the 300 block of Miller St. in Marion was taken to St. Luke by Hillsboro ambulance.
5:09 p.m. — A man who had a fever and chills near 160th and Turkey Creek Rds., declined to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.
5:14 p.m. — A woman who hit her head in a traffic accident near 50th and Timber Rds., was taken to Allen Memorial Hospital by Peabody ambulance. Marion ambulance assisted.
7:25 p.m. — A St. Luke patient was transferred to Newton Med by Marion ambulance.
Last modified May 21, 2020