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367 points DustinEchoes | 3 comments | 13 Nov 25 02:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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weddpros ◴[13 Nov 25 03:21 UTC] No.45910165[source]▶
My sincere condolences to the author. Wishing you strength and peace.

I once saw a man have a heart attack on the beach, less than a 5 minutes drive from a fire-station and rescue team. A helicopter arrived after 45 minutes, and the man was deceased already. That was in Martinique, french Caribbean.

There's a need for an app to let patients track the ambulance. It's been possible for 10+ years, as seen with Uber. It seems existing products have focused on tracking only for the purpose of managing a fleet, missing the focus on patients needs.

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selcuka ◴[13 Nov 25 03:23 UTC] No.45910176[source]▶
> There's a need for an app to let patients track the ambulance

I don't want to blame anyone, but I'm pretty sure that kind of visibility is not desired.

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weddpros ◴[13 Nov 25 03:27 UTC] No.45910208[source]▶
Not desired by whom? I think transparency is desired by citizens/customers. Do you think there are (good) reasons why obscurity is preferred?
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1. laszlojamf ◴[13 Nov 25 04:40 UTC] No.45910706[source]▶
FWIW: In Sweden, there's been a bunch of cases of emergency personnel being attacked when responding to incidents
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2. weddpros ◴[13 Nov 25 05:37 UTC] No.45911118[source]▶
I understand, I know it's a problem in France too, even in hospitals. Or Firefighters being called only to be attacked...

However that exists already, without a way to track the rescue team sent to you...

3. pas ◴[13 Nov 25 06:08 UTC] No.45911300[source]▶
if someone wants to attack them they can call them. so what's the point of not providing this very useful information to the public?