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Older male expresses suicidal thoughts on highway, Durham County NC

audio iconMedical Emergency
Wake Forest Hwy, North Carolina

An older male on Wake Forest Highway expressed suicidal thoughts and insisted on hospital care despite advice from nurses and family suggesting it was not immediately necessary.

Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
00:28
Transcript:
00:00
What's going on with the patient?
00:06
He's an older male complaining of suicidal thoughts.
00:09
He really wants to see a doctor now.
00:13
He'll throw water if he says he can't go to the hospital.
00:17
But nurses here have advised that he's fine and his family suggested that we don't take him to the hospital if it's not immediately necessary.
00:26
So we just request the EMS, just come see you and take him out.

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Location mentioned:
Wake Forest Hwy, North Carolina
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