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HOUGHTON COUNTY Deputies Charlie Klein and Joe Pizzi were dispatched to conduct a medical lift assist on Dec. 18, at 5:24 p.m., in response to an elderly man who had fallen and needed assistance in getting up off the floor, according to Sheriff Brian McLean.
Emergency Dispatcher, Mary Grace Olson, later emailed McLean, explaining that she had dispatched the two deputies, because Mercy Ambulance Service was already on other other calls. In the email, she then disclosed the actions taken by the two deputies in reference to the call.
When the man fell in his home, he broke his TV. Olson said the man, whose name was not released, has no family in the area, or friends listed as caretakers, which was later confirmed by the gentleman’s medical alarm company.