MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Two Milwaukee emergency call-takers have been placed on paid leave after first responders were reportedly not dispatched for nearly three hours while a 99-year-old woman was being attacked inside her home.

Milwaukee police said a 22-year-old man broke into the woman's home Monday morning and beat her.

Milwaukee Emergency Communications Director Desiree Matel-Anderson confirmed the two employees were placed on leave, supporting details first reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

According to the report, first responders were not dispatched after the woman's medical alert button was activated twice. The first alert was sent around 5:15 a.m.

Police officers and an ambulance were not sent to the home until the woman called 911 herself around 8 a.m.

The woman is expected to survive.