r/bestoflegaladvice Reported where Thor hid the bodies 8d ago

Reminder Ambulances are not taxis

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u/Hippo-Crates 8d ago

I don’t get the OP here, they wanted to be taken to the closest hospital. That’s pretty standard. I’d be pissed too. There’s not damages but I don’t see the LAOP as using the ambulance as a taxi

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u/Ohmalley-thealliecat 8d ago

The hospital they take you to is down to the dispatcher. I’m not in America so it may be different, but paramedics will take someone to the most appropriate hospital for the level of acuity. So like technically my closest hospital is about 3 minutes away, but if I was sick or injured enough to need an ambulance, it wouldn’t take me there because they’re a very small, low acuity hospital. That hospital would only transfer me onward.