(AP) — East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services administrator Pam Porter says her department is painfully understaffed to the point that there are not enough employees to answer all the 911 calls being made.
Porter said EMS has the funds to add 20 more positions for five years, but Mayor-President Kip Holden’s administration rejected the additional position allotment.
The Advocate reports Porter made her case Monday night at a city-parish budget hearing for the Metro Council before the body is expected to approve the city-parish’s entire $746 million budget.