Aroostook has its 1st ambulance that can transport very obese patients

Aroostook has its 1st ambulance that can transport very obese patients

HOULTON, Maine — It took more than two years for an Aroostook County EMS to get a new, specially designed $404,802 ambulance used for safely transporting patients who weigh more than 500 pounds. On Friday, the Southern Aroostook County Emergency Medical Services Authority finally had its new bariatric emergency vehicle parked at its Houlton location on Access Road off Route 1. “We ordered it in 2023,” said Board Chairman Dan Hiebert. “It was at …