Comment on Aroostook County hospital to end ambulance services at the end of the year

Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital in Presque Isle has announced that it will no longer be providing ambulance services as of Jan. 1, 2020. Hospital officials said Thursday the decision to end Northern Light Medical Transport, formerly known as Crown Emergency Care, was influenced by many central Aroostook towns either forming their own ambulance services or contracting with larger communities. Since 2017, the city of Presque Isle has utilized its own ambulance service through the fire department and now provides coverage for Fort Fairfield.