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County public safety chairman Cris Rogers, right, presents Warner Hospital & Health Care Services CEO Paul Skowron with a certificate recognizing the hospital’s recent assistance to the county’s EMS service.

CLINTON — Recent concrete work to pave the lot at DeWitt County EMS could have caused disruption in EMS services.  But thanks to Warner Hospital & Health Care Services, EMS was able to continue unobstructed during the project.

The county’s public safety chairman Cris Rogers thanked the hospital via its CEO Paul Skowron during a recent county board meeting.  DeWitt County EMS is housed in one of the county’s annex buildings west of Clinton.

Rogers and EMS supervisor Mark McCandless worked with Skowron at the hospital to make alternative arrangements during the parking lot project at the annex.

“They (Warner Hospital) offered him unlimited use of one of their buildings without any interruption whatsoever,” Rogers said.  “It made things go a lot smoother for the people in this community.”

Rogers said he felt the hospital was headed in the right direction and that their help with maintaining EMS service was, “an indication of how community-minded they are.”

Warner Hospitals formerly housed the area’s ambulance service before giving it up because of financial constraints.  The service is now operated by a private EMS service.

Skowron said he considered the paramedic service to be an important partner to the hospital.