Life in a Rural 'Ambulance Desert' Means Sometimes Help Isn't on
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No local hospital and anemic ambulance services mean residents in rural Pickens County, Alabama, are thrown into perilous situations when they have medical emergencies. It’s a kind of medical care roulette that has become a fact of life for rural Americans who live in ambulance deserts.
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Life in a rural 'ambulance desert' means sometimes help isn't on the way
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Life in a rural 'ambulance desert' means sometimes help isn't on the way
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Life in a rural 'ambulance desert' means sometimes help isn't on the way
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