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According to EMS numbers, Hamilton residents are in need of help.  The city has the highest 911 call rate per paramedic in all of Ontario.  So reducing those numbers and emergency room visits is at the centre of a pilot program aimed at preventing a health crisis. Maria Hayes explains.