Ontario Ambulances
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Ontario regions face ambulance pressures; province won’t release offload delay dataSeveral Ontario municipalities say their paramedic services are under immense pressure, with worrying stretches of times which no ambulances are available to respond to calls.HealthJul 20, 2023
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Demand for ambulance services up in Ontario over last decade, study finds"We do find that the older age cohort is using up more and more ambulance services each year," said Ryan Strum, lead author of the McMaster University study.CanadaAug 22, 2022
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Hamilton paramedics boss says ambulance offload delays on course for record high in 2022EMS chief Michael Sanderson says Hamilton paramedics will likely spend more time cumulatively in 2022 waiting to drop off patients than they did in 2021.HealthAug 4, 2022
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Ontario paramedics say ambulance response times slower due to growing offload delaysHe says offload delays of one to two hours were previously considered extreme, but now it's "not unusual" for patients and paramedics to wait 10 to 15 hours.HealthJul 29, 2022
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Ontario government suggests ways to reduce ambulance off load delaysOntario is telling emergency services to consider having paramedic crews tend to more than one patient at a time in hospital ERs as one way to reduce delays.HealthFeb 24, 2022
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Ontario ombudsman calls for overhaul of ‘wholly inadequate’ paramedic services oversight system"[The Ontario Ministry of Health] has neglected patient safety by failing to adequately monitor EMS providers, dispatch centres, and Ornge,” Paul Dubé said in a statement.CanadaMay 20, 2021
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