LAST WEEK WE POSTED A BRIEF REPORT on a surprise investigation by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control on the MEDICUS EMS ambulance service in Seminole.  Following up on a tip, they found that an unspecified amount of Demerol and other drugs were missing from the company inventory.  (Firegeezer report HERE - scroll down.)

Medicus has 20 employees, but only one is supposed to have access to the drug vault. 

Yesterday it was disclosed that that the director of the city-owned ambulance service has been fired while the investigation is continuing.  KOCO-TV reported:

City Manager Steve Saxon confirmed Josh Hair’s dismissal as Medicus’ director. Saxon wouldn’t say why Hair was fired but said Hair’s termination should not be construed as an indictment in any way regarding the missing narcotics.  Saxon said Hair has cooperated with Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control officials investigating the missing drugs and took a voluntary drug test.

Saxon said all but one of the ambulance service’s 20 employees submitted to the drug test. No arrests have been made in the case. 

Prior to the announcement of Hair’s dismissal, KFOR-TV filed this video update on the situation at Medicus: