Hurricane Matthew: Bartow EMS Help Transport Hospital Patients

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- An ambulance crew from Bartow County Emergency Medical Services has been dispatched to Brunswick to help relocate patients at local hospitals in areas that will be slammed by Hurricane Matthew.

The agency was contacted at noon Thursday by the Georgia Department of Public Health's EMS division to help with the operation, said Bartow EMS spokesperson Brad Cothran.

Cothran said the two-person crew will help transport patients from the Southeast Georgia Health System's Brunswick campus. The initial patients slated to be moved was around 140, but the total number may change, he added.

"Bartow County EMS still has a full number of ambulances and crews, so the service to the citizens of Bartow County will not be affected," he added.

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