Ambulance Wait Times

• Nova Scotia ambulance service plagued by continuing poor response times: auditor

  Provincial auditor general Kim Adair says the average wait time for an ambulance in 2022 rose from 14 minutes to 25 minutes — an increase of 79 per cent.

  Health

  Sep 26, 2023
  
• ‘Disgraceful’: N.S. man speaks out after mom waits 4 hours on floor for ambulance

  A Halifax-area man is speaking out after his mother suffered a fall Friday and had to wait about four hours for an ambulance to arrive.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2023
  
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• Baby died of natural causes but Urgences-Santé needs to reassess services: Quebec coroner

  Despite concluding the baby died of natural causes, the coroner pointed to several issues following the mother's 911 call from her hotel room at 9:07 a.m. on June 15, 2022.

  Health

  Mar 9, 2023
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• MD of Willow Creek fire departments begin transporting patients to hospital

  The municipal district of Willow Creek fire departments were part of a one-year pilot project with AHS, allowing patient transport.

  Fire

  Feb 9, 2023
• Alberta health minister’s mandate from premier includes creating health spending accounts

  Premier Danielle Smith outlined her expectations for the health minister in a mandate letter sent to Jason Copping earlier this week.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2022
• Quebec coroner says delay in getting to hospital a likely factor in baby’s death

  The coroner is recommending Quebec review its emergency pre-hospital services system and consider offering helicopter evacuations for critically ill patients in remote communities.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
• ‘Absolute agony’: Surrey senior with broken leg waits hours for ambulance

  "She was split legged and in absolute agony," Betty Jean Gilley told Global News. "They were very polite, always got the same message, it's on the way."

  Health

  Oct 20, 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.

  Health

  Oct 17, 2022
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• Recruitment and retention key issue as B.C. paramedics head to bargaining table

  The Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia (APBC) said negotiations over a new collective agreement began Monday. Their current collective agreement expires this year.

  Health

  Oct 3, 2022
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• B.C. man speaks out after brother suffers painful 7-hour wait for ambulance

  A B.C. man says his brother was left waiting for an ambulance overnight with a painful broken hip and blockage in one of his arteries because his case was considered low priority.

  Health

  Sep 16, 2022