POUGHKEEPSIE – Empress EMS has entered into a contract with Putnam County to provide paramedicine and mobile integrated healthcare in the county. Community paramedicine involves delivering needed services to residents in their own homes rather than having people call 911 to be transported to the hospital for conditions that are not emergencies. The program is expected to start by the end of October.

Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne recently announced the new initiative and Empress officials confirmed the plan on Tuesday.

“Back in 2023, we entered into a new contract for countywide advanced life support services. That contract set Putnam County apart from most counties across the state. … Putnam was the first county government in New York to directly fund countywide paramedic servic

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