By ANTONIO VINDELL
Jesus “Chucho” Hernandez shows part of the new system inside the new ambulance at the local EMS station. (Staff photos by Antonio Vindell)
The city-owned Port Isabel Emergency Medical Services has been making headway in a number of ways compared to a year ago, according to officials.
It now has a new company that is in charge of billing, a new ambulance that is responding to emergency calls and a new computerized system to fill all the required information regarding patient receiving emergency care.
Charlie Wood, the EMS director, said their previous billing company, Texas Medical Data Systems, went bankrupt.
For more on this story, pick up a copy of the Dec. 27 edition of the Port Isabel South Padre Press.
