Ambulance Service

• After critical report, N.S. promises to fine ambulance company for poor service

  A Nova Scotia Health Department official says the government will fine the province's ambulance service if it fails to meet performance standards for response times.

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  Oct 4, 2023
  
• B.C. paramedics ratify new contract with over 96% support

  The Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia, which represents 4,600 paramedics and emergency medical dispatchers, voted 96.1 per cent in favour of the three-year deal.

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  Feb 14, 2023
  
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• B.C. woman told to get to hospital on her own amid ambulance shortage

  A Cranbrook woman who was told to get to the hospital on her own after being seriously hurt in a fall says the ambulance service is not up to par in her community.

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  Jan 26, 2023
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• Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon’s ambulance service bolstered

  'The two stations in Kelowna will again have a combined 10 regularly staffed ambulances, and they will now be permanent resources,' BC Emergency Health Services said.

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  Dec 12, 2022
• Improved ambulance services on route to communities north of Saskatoon

  Improved ambulance services are on route for communities north of Saskatoon. In addition, there will now be a full-time ambulance designated for the area, based in Martensville.

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  Nov 19, 2021
• Staff at B.C.’s 911 dispatcher flagged understaffing up to a year before deadly heat wave: emails

  According to internal emails released by the BC Liberals, E-Comm managers were discussing their concerns about 911-call wait times and lengthy delays in ambulance response.

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  Oct 27, 2021
• B.C. government overhauls BC Emergency Health Services amid concerns of response times

  Pressure increased to make changes after at least 719 people died in a week during the heat wave — three times what the BC Coroners Service says would be normal for that period.

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  Jul 13, 2021
• Surrey crash victim waits 2 hours for ambulance before family forced to take her to hospital

  A Surrey woman’s family was forced to take her to hospital themselves, after she waited two hours for an ambulance.

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  Jun 3, 2021
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• Long ambulance wait times an indication of bigger health care problem: Nova Scotia physician

  Very few hospitals in Nova Scotia are meeting the standard 30-minute ambulance patient offload standard but new measures and protocol are being implemented.

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  Apr 1, 2021
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• N.S. ambulance service delays caused by offloading wait times: report

  The report by Fitch and Associates released today says ambulances spend a considerable amount of time waiting in hospitals to offload patients into busy emergency departments.

  Health

  Mar 8, 2021