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To: Dealer who wrote (1)10/20/2000 12:54:05 PM
From: T L Comiskey   of 65232
 
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Web Surfer Helps Save Man in Scotland

CALGARY, Canada (Reuters) - Paramedics in western Canada
helped save a man in Scotland from dying of a drug and alcohol
overdose after being alerted by a Canadian who had learned of
the man's condition while in an Internet chat room.

A Web surfer in Calgary, Alberta called the 911 emergency
number and told the local dispatcher a Scottish man was asking
for help in the chat room after taking an overdose of Valium
and alcohol while depressed, Calgary Emergency Medical Service
said.

The man was said to be having difficulty typing and was
slurring his words while speaking on his computer's microphone.

The Canadian was able to get the Scot's telephone number.

After receiving the call Thursday, the Calgary dispatcher
contacted Scottish police, who located the man and transported
him by ambulance to a hospital in Bannockburn, northwest of
Edinburgh, where he was treated.

"I'm not sure of any other agencies that have had to work
with callers and placing ambulances in other countries,"
Calgary EMS spokesman Doug Odney said. "Someone in Calgary was
aware of someone in a chat room, and once they started
determining where he was, the way to activate it was by calling
us. So we're glad we were able to help."

Odney said it was the second time Calgary paramedics helped
locate someone outside the country, the last time being last
year in Oregon.
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