Weekend Tragedies In Portsmouth
It was a very sad weekend for multiple local families. Thursday afternoon, a call came in from the Portsmouth Senior Lofts that a resident might be deceased.
Medics arrived on the scene and confirmed the resident had indeed passed away. Officers notified a local funeral home which took the deceased into their care. Officers took information for a report.
Just a few hours later, a man went to check on his brother and discovered him deceased inside his Portsmouth home. Officers contacted the man’s doctor and Coroner’s office to say that nothing suggested foul play.
The Coroner’s office released the deceased to their family, and a local funeral home took him into their care.
Ambulance Shortage – Elderly Man Waits For Help After Fall
Despite the best efforts of 911 Dispatchers to secure help, an elderly man waited quite some time for an ambulance crew to arrive on Thursday morning.
At 5:39 am, a call in that an elderly man had fallen, hit his head, and was bleeding. Dispatch called for an ambulance and five minutes later, sent out a second alert to the Rarden EMS.
When they received no answer, a call was put out to Union EMS at 5:47. When there was no response, Dispatch contacted Portsmouth Ambulance at 5:53, however, they didn’t have a crew.
At 5:53, Dispatch toned EMT OH, which did not have a crew available. Dispatch contacted Nile Township at 5:56 pm. When there was no answer from Nile Township, Dispatch contacted Pike County.
Pike County agreed to send a squad at 6:05. Dispatch confirmed Pike County was on the scene at 6:54 am.