A resident at Columbiana's council meeting raised concerns Tuesday evening over prolonged EMS response times.

He claims he waited over an hour to get help for his mother who's fighting for her life.

"It is not something that we're ignoring, we're definitely aware that actions need to be taken and we're looking into them right now," Councilman Dan Dattilio said.

That resident, John Blankenship, said he called for an ambulance at 7:28 for his mother Wednesday evening. About a half hour later at 7:58 he called again to see where they were and was allegedly told by a nurse that they "had no idea."

"At 8:10 I called dispatch myself asking where the ambulance was and they told me it was coming from EMT out of Salem. At 8:53 last Wednesday is when the ambulance finally arrived to take my mom

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