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 — within reason. “We’re not talking about life-and-death situations,” Bogen said. “In those cases, the ambulance must prioritize saving the patient’s life over anyone’s 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 ‘I don’t want to go to that hospital. Take me to this other one instead.’”
