Quebec pilot project frees up emergency rooms with in-home care
About 54 per cent of the roughly 500 calls received over the past year have been resolved at the patient s home thanks to the pilot project.
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More than half of the 500 calls received in the past year were resolved at the patient s home
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Posted: Dec 31, 2020 12:35 PM ET | Last Updated: December 31, 2020
Community paramedic Eric Charland says he hopes the project will extend beyond the Montérégie and reduce visits to hospital emergency rooms across the province. (Chloë Ranaldi/CBC)