Mayor Says He’s Ok With Time It Took Ambulance To Reach Wife

No one was seriously injured in the crash, but information from the Fire Department indicated that it took 12 minutes for the first ambulance to arrive. An engine got to the scene first (to provide medical care), followed by a medic on an ambulance, Hayes-White said. Lee said his wife, after being treated at San Francisco General Hospital for chest pains, whiplash and biting her tongue, was released late Monday night and was “doing great.” Hayes-White has been criticized for the department's chronically late ambulance response times in recent weeks, following a Chronicle data analysis that found more than 400 cases over a year-long period in which it took longer than 10 minutes for the department to arrive at a life-threatening emergency.