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Cancer patient struggles with breathing at rehab center, Pittsfield IL

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/27/2025 05:06 AM

E Washington St, Pittsfield, IL 62363

Responders rushed to Eastside Health and Rehab for a 79-year-old cancer patient with shortness of breath and feeding intolerance, with recent surgery adding concern.

Audio|Heard on: Pike County Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement

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Transcript:

00:00

High County Ambulance respond to near East Washington Street, Eastside Health and Rehab.

00:11

The county ambulance respond to near East Washington Street.

00:14

He's at East Washington Street, Eastside Health and Rehab.

00:16

I have a 79-year-old male, conscious breathing.

00:19

He is a new tube feeder.

00:21

He's not tolerated at all, shortness of breath.

00:25

Stated his pulse is high, blood pressure 98 over 68.

00:29

He is a cancer patient.

00:31

Has had a mass removed from his neck within the last several months.

00:34

He's in room 28A, West Hall.

00:42

County ambulance respond to near East Washington Street, Eastside Health and Rehab.

00:52

High County Ambulance respond to near East Washington Street, Eastside Health and Rehab, have a 79-year-old now, conscious breathing,

01:01

say that he is a new tube feeder, he's not tolerated at all, shortness of breath, stated his pulse is high, blood pressure 98 over 68,

01:10

he is a cancer patient,

01:12

has had a mass removed from his neck within the last several months.

01:15

He's in room 28A, West Hall.

01:23

Report 16 is on scene.

01:27

Report 16 to inform.

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E Washington St, Pittsfield, IL 62363

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