Nova Scotia Ambulance

• 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.

  Health

  Oct 4, 2023
  
• 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
  
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• ‘Unimaginable’: Couple waits 2.5 hours for ambulance after injury at Halifax park

  A senior couple in Nova Scotia was shocked and dismayed after it took more than two hours for ambulance to arrive for a painful injury in a downtown Halifax park.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2022
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• Halifax woman blames slow ambulance response in death of husband

  Anne MacPhee says the situation is unacceptable and the province has to do more to bolster the ambulance system.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2021