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Medical call at CVS pharmacy downgraded due to language barrier, Kingston NY

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Medical Emergency

Reported: 12/8/2025 05:21 PM

Washington Ave, Kingston, NY 12401

An ambulance was requested for a medical problem at CVS Pharmacy near Washington Avenue in Kingston. Fire and medic units were sent, but the call was later changed to a public service because of a language barrier between the caller and responders.

Audio|Heard on: Kingston Fire Department

Listen to dispatch call

01:56

Transcript:

00:00

Start me an ambulance at this location for this name call.

00:04

This is going to be an EMS call now.

00:05

Thank you. Thank you.

00:09

The ambulance is your location, 22.

00:29

Also, now one, two,

00:32

medic one,

00:33

press to respond,

00:35

engine one's location, CVS Pharmacy, near Washington Avenue,

00:40

cross street to Hurley Avenue, North Front Street.

00:43

The medic one,

00:44

respond to assist,

00:46

engine one,

00:49

CVS, pharmacy, near Washington Avenue, cross street to Hurley Avenue, and North Front Street,

00:55

22, 56, 49.

01:05

Medic two responding in 2023.

01:08

Let's have a medic two.

01:17

Go for medic two.

01:19

Camp, district, R-nate, no back in service.

01:24

McKeene, county, medic two back in service.

01:26

Back two back in 2020.

01:28

Back two back in 2020.

01:35

County 11, you can disregard that EMS call.

01:38

It's going to be remaining as a public service.

01:42

Please see.

01:44

It's going to be remaining as a public service.

01:47

20-24.

01:50

It's a language barrier.

01:54

Breeze, 20-24.

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Washington Ave, Kingston, NY 12401

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