{"id":35734,"date":"2022-09-03T00:02:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T04:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=35734"},"modified":"2022-09-03T00:29:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T04:29:09","slug":"orleans-county-cova-ambulance-may-close-leaving-central-orleans-without-ambulance-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/09\/03\/orleans-county-cova-ambulance-may-close-leaving-central-orleans-without-ambulance-service\/","title":{"rendered":"ORLEANS COUNTY\/COVA Ambulance may close leaving central Orleans without ambulance service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/COVA-RALLY-mp4-master.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption><strong><em>VIDEO Story-Interview clips with Jennifer Stilwell\/ President\/Board of Directors\/COVA Ambulance-COVA Ambulance Rally on Friday afternoon. Members of the nonprofit group say they may close their doors, leaving the towns of Barre, Gaines, Carlton and Albion without ambulance service.<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>COVA responded to 96% of their calls this past year.<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Members of the ambulance service say only one out of the four towns showed up at the last meeting.<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>The ambulance service says the reason for the lack of funds has been caused by low insurance payments, people who keep their insurance checks and the higher cost for equipment, gas, and wages.<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Friday&#8217;s Rally raised $3400<\/em><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35738\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/09\/03\/orleans-county-cova-ambulance-may-close-leaving-central-orleans-without-ambulance-service\/still-1-40\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/still-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"still-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/still-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/still-1.jpg?resize=829%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35738\" width=\"829\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/still-1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/still-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/still-1.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/09\/03\/orleans-county-cova-ambulance-may-close-leaving-central-orleans-without-ambulance-service\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[3256],"class_list":["post-35734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-orleans-county","tag-cova-ambulance-rally"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-9im","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38169,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/cova-ambulance-bids-final-farewell-to-orleans-county-community\/","url_meta":{"origin":35734,"position":0},"title":"COVA Ambulance bids final farewell to Orleans County community","author":"aka","date":"December 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"File photo\/September 2022 (Letter submission\/COVA Ambulance)First and foremost, we need to say thank you to our dedicated staff that has served the Orleans County & Hamlin Communities with pride and integrity. 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