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<p>Commonwealth Health Emergency Medical Services recently held a grand opening of its Wilkes-Barre substation at 222 Conyngham Ave. with a ribbon cutting and open house. CHEMS is the medical transportation affiliate of Commonwealth Health. The new location will house a maximum fleet of 10 emergency response vehicles and serve nearby Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and First Hospital, Kingston. Both are part of the Commonwealth Health network. At the grand opening, from left: Brooks Turkel, chief executive officer, Regional Hospital of Scranton; Robert Rutkowski, pre-hospital care coordinator, Stacey Volinsky, human resources manager, and Lyndsay Grady, marketing and business development manager, all of CHEMS; Greg Barrouk, city administrator, Wilkes-Barre; John Campos, executive director, Emergency Medical Services of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Cor Catena, chief executive officer, Commonwealth Health and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital; Gary McIntyre, director of operations, CHEMS; Justin Davis, chief executive officer, Moses Taylor Hospital and CHEMS; Joe Moran, operations manager, and Carmen Passaniti, assistant operations manager, CHEMS; and Diane Ljungquist, chief executive officer, Tyler Memorial Hospital.</p><style>
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CHEMS opens Wilkes-Barre substation