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Heard on: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS · 1/3/2026 08:26 AM
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Medic One, it's going to be Olympia Towers, near Purchase Street, apartment 512, for an eighty-one-year-old male with difficulty breathing.
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He is on oxygen and has a history of lung and heart problems with COPD.
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Elderly man with breathing difficulty at Olympia Towers

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As discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics responded to Olympia Towers near Purchase Street for an 81-year-old man experiencing difficulty breathing. The man was on oxygen and had a history of lung and heart issues, including COPD.

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Purchase St, New Bedford, MA 02740
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