The City of Ottawa's plans to put some non-urgent patients in taxis has been blocked by the Ontario Ministry of Health, leaving paramedics with one less option to deal with backed-up emergency rooms.
The WFPS is in the process of changing its triaging system to one that has five priorities, a change that aims to match each call with an appropriate response.
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Ottawa s ambulance dispatchers are using a new system for dispatching emergency medical responses on Wednesday, designed to more accurately triage calls and improve response times for life-threatening calls.