By THE STAR STAFF The commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, Abner Gómez Cortés, endorsed House Bill 999, which amends the Emergency Medical Examiner Board Act to harmonize it with national standards and thus increase the number of emergency medical technicians in Puerto Rico. During a public hearing of the Health Committee, chaired by Representative Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló, Gómez Cortés, a licensed paramedic, explained that the measure seeks to update professional…
