The Ottawa Paramedic Service has failed to meet response time targets for life-threatening and urgent calls partly because paramedics are spending an 'exceptional amount' of time offloading patients at hospitals, according to the service's 2023 annual report.
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A group of Canadian and American experts is urging emergency room doctors to prescribe specific medications to help curb cravings and alleviate withdrawal from heavy use of alcohol, which leads to more hospitalizations than any other substance.
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