Possible medical crisis near Highland Terrace, Needham MA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded near Highland Terrace in Needham Heights for a possible medical and mental health crisis involving an intoxicated woman who reportedly made suicidal statements. Fire and EMS were staged at a nearby location pending further response.
Audio|Heard on: Needham Police Operations - Primary
Listen to dispatch call
01:22
Transcript:
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Near Highland Terrace, it's for a highly intoxicated female being called in by (name withheld), who is not on scene and reports she can barely speak and has been drinking for two to three weeks successively.
00:10
Fire is being notified.
00:14
Three of them.
00:16
Unit 574 received.
00:19
Control of those units responding, we've been down there a few times for similar issues.
00:25
The female party has made suicidal statements, said she wanted to jump out of a car as well as cut her wrists, and she had a knife in her possession on a call from July of this year.
00:37
Three has with suicidal statements there, she's just drinking.
00:43
Shows drinking today.
00:44
Suicidal statements in the past.
00:49
Roger, I'll be going now.
00:55
Fire staging at Panera Bread.
01:15
Can you just have fire respond here?
01:18
She's on the couch, said she has shortness of breath.
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Location mentioned:
Highland Terrace, Needham Heights, MA 02494
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