A woman from the remote island community of Grand Manan, N.B., is speaking out after her mother missed getting medication for a stroke due to issues with air ambulance service.
A woman from the remote island community of Grand Manan, N.B., is speaking out after her mother missed getting medication for a stroke due to issues with air ambulance service.
Three months after Grand Manan medevac services were lost, two residents say they experienced a worst-case scenario. Emma Boynton had to give birth in an ambulance on the side of the road, and her baby had to be resuscitated by paramedics, her partner says.
The province is stepping in after Grand Manan's local medevac service was grounded, and a military search and rescue helicopter had to transport a patient to hospital this week.
The arrival of updated rules for how long a pilot can fly or be on standby is putting the future of a New Brunswick island’s very own medevac service up in the air.