Ambulance crew in Chicago got lost trying to find hospital.

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Ambulance crew in Chicago got lost trying to find hospital.

November 7, 2007

News Services. Washington Post. October 25, 2007

An emergency crew from a suburb failed to efficiently transport a marathon runner in cardiac arrest to the nearest emergency room in central Chicago.

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