A company with deep roots in Newfoundland and Labrador believes it can help improve the ferry service to places such as Bell Island, Fogo Island and Ramea.
Air ambulance advocacy group wants medevac stationed in central N.L.
The call from Eugene Nippard, chair of Air Ambulance Medical Transport Advocacy Group, comes after 73-year-old Clifford Russell spent nearly 30 hours lying on an exam table at a community nursing station waiting for a medivac.
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Posted: Apr 18, 2021 2:53 PM NT | Last Updated: April 18
Eugene Nippard is president of Newfoundland and Labrador s Air Ambulance Medical Transport Advocacy Group.(Heather Gillis/CBC)
Eugene Nippard, chair of the province s Air Ambulance Medical Transport Advocacy group, is calling on government to address inefficiencies in the provincial air ambulance system and station a medevac team in central Newfoundland.