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Commerce leaders deliver petition over ER closure and press hospital for more ambulance capacity
Summary
After Hunt Regional closed the Commerce emergency room, the Chamber and volunteers gathered about 1,500 petition signatures delivered to the hospital board; city leaders plan follow-up talks to seek ambulance funding and increase countywide ambulance capacity because patients now face 20–25 minute longer transports to Greenville.
City leaders told the Commerce City Council on Nov. 18 that the recent closure of the Commerce emergency room has prompted a community petition and follow-up engagement with Hunt Regional Hospital leaders.
City staff and the Chamber of Commerce organized volunteers who collected roughly 1,500 petition signatures that were delivered to the Hunt Regional Hospital District board at its meeting,…
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