B.C. promises more paramedics, dispatchers, ambulances after deadly heatwave
Last Updated Jul 14, 2021 at 7:44 pm PDT
FILE - A B.C. Ambulance Service paramedic wearing a face shield, an N95 mask and gloves communicates with a colleague moving a patient from an ambulance to the emergency department at Royal Columbian Hospital, in New Westminster, B.C., on April 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Summary
B.C. says 85 paramedics and 30 dispatchers will be hired after hundreds of people died in a heatwave a few weeks ago
Health Minister Adrian Dix says 22 new ambulances are coming to B.C.
Province says BCEHS board will focus solely on ambualnce services