Offload Delays

• Ontario funds return of dedicated offload nursing program at Ross Memorial Hospital

  On Monday, the City of Kawartha Lakes and Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay announced the province is providing up to $195,000 in one-time funding.

  Health

  Sep 11, 2023
  
• Code zero events drop significantly for first quarter of 2023 in Hamilton

  Hamilton Paramedic Service's Michael Sanderson says a 78 per cent decrease in code zero events is due to recent funding help from the Ministry of Health and the City of Hamilton.

  Canada

  May 23, 2023
  
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• Code Zeroes more than triple in Hamilton in 2022

  Hamilton has already had 300 Code Zeroes this year. That's what paramedics call it when just one ambulance or even no ambulances are available to respond to an emergency.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2022
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• Patients wait up to 12 hours in ambulances amid ER shortages in N.B.

  At least eight ambulances were waiting outside the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre with patients inside for up to 12 hours amid a strain on ER resources.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2021
• New Brunswick paramedics face significant increase in offload delays

  Offload delays are increasing in New Brunswick, according to Ambulance New Brunswick, the company responsible for emergency ambulatory care.

  Health

  Jul 28, 2021
• Nova Scotia paramedics sounding alarm over ambulance wait times

  One of the reasons some zones end up with no ambulances available is because of offload delays, according to the Nova Scotia Health Authority.

  Health

  Jan 15, 2019