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Green River residents, commissioners push short-term fixes as rural clinic and EMS strain under staffing gaps
Summary
Residents and county commissioners described long ambulance waits and inadequate clinic capacity in Green River and discussed short-term retention stipends using TRT money and a possible county-city-district funding agreement while urging state-level rural health investments.
A town-hall-style meeting in Green River brought residents together with Emery County commissioners and state lawmakers on concerns about access to health care and emergency medical services. A resident opened the discussion saying: “We wait hours for an ambulance. We have people in the back of pickup trucks at the clinic,” prompting a sustained exchange about staffing and funding.
Representative Logan Monson, vice chair of the state House Health and Human Services Committee, told attendees the state expects to receive federal rural-health transformation funds that could total about $160…
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