EMS agencies refuse Macwahoc call, woman dies
EMS agencies refuse Macwahoc call, woman dies By Ben Meiklejohn MACWAHOC PLANTATION, Maine – Mike Hunter called 911 on Jan. 8 requesting emergency service in Macwahoc Plantation. He expected that call to be met with sirens. Instead, that call was met with crickets as at least 9 EMS agencies refused to send an ambulance. At 9:21 a.m. on Jan. 8, Hunter called 911 after his wife, Rachel Worster Hunter, passed out on the couch, suffering from a low potassium condition. As each minute ticked by, agency after agency declined the dispatcher's appeal for service, and Mike Hunter witnessed his wife's condition worsening until her death at 10:15 a.m. As area residents express outrage at what is perceived as a lapse in public security, the family of Rachel Worster Hunter are left wondering why their loved one had to pay with her life for what they view as political statements being made by EMS agencies about money. Holly Worster, Rachel Worster Hunter's sister-in-law, s...