Patients who find themselves racing to a hospital in the back of an ambulance may soon be able to tell their drivers which hospital to go to, under a proposal pitched before the Broward County Commission. Commissioner Mark Bogen led his fellow commissioners to instruct the county attorney to develop a new ordinance that would require ambulance companies to take patients to the hospital of their choice โ within reason. โWeโre not talking about life-and-death situations,โ Bogen said. โIn those cases, the ambulance must prioritize saving the patientโs life over anyoneโs preference. But there are other cases that are not dealing with life-threatening injuries. In those cases, the consumer should have the opportunity to say โI donโt want to go to that hospital. Take me to this other one instead.’โ
