Local paramedics receiving specialized training
Author of the article: Ron Grech
Publishing date: May 07, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read •
Timmins paramedics Natalie Robitaille and Ryan Roy check their equipment while loading a stretcher into an ambulance at the Cochrane District Social Services Administration building. Cochrane District is one of nine regions across the province approved for a pilot program that will see paramedics extending services to palliative care patients. RICHA BHOSALE/The Daily Press jpg, TD
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Palliative care patients who call 9-1-1 will no longer have to be transported to hospital under a pilot project announced this week by the provincial government.