Ambulance Shortage

• Ambulance shortage in Toronto prompts calls to nearby municipalities for help: union

  The Toronto paramedics union says a lack of available units and a large backlog of calls prompted requests for assistance from surrounding municipalities on Monday.

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  Oct 4, 2023
  
• B.C. paramedics’ union ‘optimistic’ amid movement at bargaining table

  Last week, the two sides agreed to bring veteran mediator Vince Ready to the table, and APBC president Troy Clifford said since then there has been progress.

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  Dec 22, 2022
  
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• Veteran B.C. mediator Vince Ready deployed to break paramedic contract impasse

  Vince Ready arrived Thursday morning and has signed on for two days with the Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. and their provincial employer amid stalled contract negotiations.

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  Dec 15, 2022
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• Kelowna, B.C. residents may wait longer for an ambulance as services reduced

  Kelowna residents could soon be seeing longer response times for emergency health services. The number of ambulances in the city has been reduced by 30 percent.

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  Nov 9, 2022
• Southwestern Ontario county declares local emergency over long ambulance delays

  The county declared a local emergency Monday due to long and increasing waits for ambulances to offload patients, which means they are unavailable to go on other calls.

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  Oct 17, 2022
• Horgan says B.C. is addressing ambulance shortage

  Premier John Horgan says British Columbia has made a "significant investment" in rural and remote ambulance services.

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  Aug 30, 2022
• ‘Heartbreaking loss’: B.C. agency looks into ambulance call after infant death report

  BC Emergency Health Services says it has opened a review and will work with the patient care quality office to reach out to the family and address any questions or concerns.

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  Aug 29, 2022
• Gabriola Island firefighters left driving ambulances amid staffing crunch

  Firefighters on Gabriola Island say paramedic shortages have left them driving ambulances more than a dozen times this year, and fear the situation could put lives at risk.

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  Aug 23, 2022
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• Bowen Island raises concern about spotty ambulance coverage

  Island officials say there have been multiple days in recent months with gaps in ambulance coverage, but the ambulance service says there has been no cutback in resources.

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  Jan 30, 2022
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• 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