"Oh, my God. How long am I going to have to wait?” wondered Carol Woolsey, 77, after she dialled 911 for a medical emergency and heard no local paramedics were available in her island community.
Quadra Island resident Carol Woolsey had the misfortune to experience a medical emergency in her rural community last month after the last ferry had sailed for the night.
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