In 2016, Denver Health paramedics transported a severely injured 11-year-old girl 6.6 miles from her home to Denver Health, despite Swedish Medical Center being just over 2 miles away. Now, Denver's executive director of public safety is calling for an official review of the emergency response.
Public ambulances, fire exempt from Coloradoâs surprise medical bill law
Denver woman billed nearly $1,800
It has been two years since Colorado passed a law to prevent patients from being stuck with surprise medical bills. It turns out, all publicly funded EMS ambulance and fire services are exempt from the stateâs surprise billing law, a lesson a Denver woman said she had to learn the hard way.
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DENVER â It has been two years since Colorado passed a law to prevent patients from being stuck with surprise medical bills.
But it comes as no surprise that Denver7 Investigates has learned there are exceptions.
Dangerously hot weather welcomes fans for All-Star Game in Denver
After hitting 100 degrees on Thursday and the potential for more record-breaking heat on the way, fans in town for the All-Star Game will be greeted with hot weather.
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DENVER After hitting 100 degrees on Thursday and the potential for more record-breaking heat on the way, fans in town for the All-Star Game will be greeted with hot weather. Weâre going to push everyone to drink lots of water, we have plenty of water fountains inside but we will definitely want to push people to drink some water, stay hydrated, find some shade, go inside, take a break if youâve been outside, said Jacqueline Secaira-Cotto, Director of Special Events for the MLB.
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Colorado bill would limit ketamine use by paramedics, police
PATTY NIEBERG, Associated Press/Report for America
May 24, 2021
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DENVER (AP) A Colorado bill aims to limit the use of ketamine in law enforcement encounters, almost two years after the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was injected with the drug while under arrest in suburban Denver in 2019.
The bill, which was passed on Monday by the state Senate Judiciary committee, would prohibit paramedics’ use of ketamine to “subdue, sedate, or chemically incapacitate” people in police custody if the situation is “absent a justifiable medical emergency.”
McClain, 23, was stopped by Aurora police officers responding to a 911 call about a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and waving his arms. Police put him in a chokehold and multiple officers pressed their body weight into him.