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Ontario paramedic: Canada's public health care system in crisis
People's World
Ontario’s emergency medical system is in an escalating crisis, with no plan from government leaders to do much of anything. While politicians pass the buck, outright lie, or refuse to admit there’s a problem at all, patients and frontline workers — nurses, paramedics, doctors, and other professionals — are watching our health infrastructure fail the sick and vulnerable more and more every day.
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Advanced life support unit leaving Vernon, B.C. after 2 years
Global News
An advanced life support unit serving the Vernon area will no longer be an option available to help residents.
The unit provided an extra level of care for communities around the area. The paramedics staffing the units can respond to critically injured and unstable patients that require advanced procedures in the field.
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New Brunswick Liberals call for renegotiation of ambulance contract
Global News
New Brunswick’s opposition parties say the province’s contract with ambulance services provider Medavie needs to be renegotiated to improve response times.
Liberal health critic Rob McKee says the province will continue to see poor results until the contract is negotiated.
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A lineup for ambulances and closed ICU beds paint a grim picture in Moncton
CTV News
A video shared on social media of multiple parked ambulances waiting to unload patients at Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton, N.B., are highlighting a bleak reality.
Officials say it is a direct response to multiple challenges within the hospital’s walls right now.
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Conversations That Matter: Sounding the ambulance alarm
Vancouver Sun
Imagine that a loved one in your family has fallen and hurt themselves. They can’t move. You call 911 and ask for an ambulance to be sent. At least that’s what you thought was the best way to care for your cherished family member.
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Ambulance service bolstered in Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon
Kelowna Daily Courier
Ambulance service has been expanded again in the Central Okanagan, B.C. Emergency Health Services says.
Three cars that were taken out of service in November when BCEHS and the paramedics’ union couldn’t reach an agreement on staffing have been put deployed again.
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Ambulance offload delays creating explosion of 'Code Red' scenarios
Wellington Advertiser
Ambulance offload delays continue to plague emergency departments in hospitals in Guelph and Wellington County.
The number of “Code Red” situations, in which no ambulances are available for calls because they are all tied up waiting to offload patients, increased this year to 50 by the end of October — from just four in 2021 and none in 2020.
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Alberta's chief paramedic leaving post in early 2023
Global News
Alberta’s chief paramedic is leaving the position in the new year.
AHS EMS staff were recently notified Darren Sandbeck “will leave Alberta Health Services as of Jan. 9, 2023.”
AHS confirmed the departure to Global News, saying interim leadership is being put in place.
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Health care 'in crisis mode', says Norfolk paramedic chief
Simcoe Reformer
When Norfolk General Hospital in Simcoe closed its emergency department for 24 hours in late October — startling residents and forcing paramedics to divert patients out of town — the Simcoe hospital warned more closures were likely due to a shortage of ER nurses.
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Legal battle dismissed between firefighter, paramedic suing each other
CTV News
A legal battle has been dismissed between a city firefighter and paramedic who sued each other over allegations of racism and defamation.
On Nov. 30, in Manitoba's Court of King's Bench, Justice Herbert Rempel dismissed the legal actions between firefighter Kelcey French and paramedic Nishanth Jayaranjan.
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