Rural emergency medicine is struggling to reach the far corners of Minnesota

From MPR (Link: https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2024/05/23/rural-emergency-medicine-is-struggling-to-reach-the-far-corners-of-minnesota):

On Thursday afternoon, Gov. Tim Walz will be in Hoyt Lakes to sign into law one of the bills that passed in the final days of the legislative session.

It sends $30 million to Emergency Medical Services in the state. Twenty-four million dollars will go to short-term aid for rural EMS providers, who say they are struggling to meet the needs of large geographical areas with thin staffing levels and budgets.

The other $6 million sets up pilot programs meant to cut down wait times in three counties: Grant, St. Louis and Otter Tail.

The money is about a quarter of what EMS advocates and some greater Minnesota lawmakers asked for.