When the Dawson County Hospital District (DCHD) took over Emergency Medical Services (EMS) a few years ago, it continued to operate out of a county-owned building that previously housed the ambulance operations here. The ambulances and emergency medical personnel are housed in a facility on the other side of town from Medical Arts Hospital (MAH). That building once housed a Dr. Pepper bottling facility. Through the years, there was always hope to relocate EMS closer to the hospital. Hospital officials have previously looked at other options for housing the ambulance service, and at one time had plans to build a new facility adjacent ...