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Anger over BCEHS' handling of heatwave grows as petition circulates online bc.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bc.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Anger over BCEHS' handling of heat wave grows as petition circulates online bc.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bc.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Article content There were reports of people in distress waiting several hours before an ambulance arrived. Sometimes, when paramedics finally arrived, the caller was dead. Union president Troy Clifford told Global News that the union was embarrassed by BCEHS leadership and had a meeting scheduled with Health Minister Adrian Dix to discuss staffing shortages and to address archaic rules like that in which rural paramedics are paid $2 an hour when they are on shift and only get paid a full wage when they are on a call. In a prepared statement, the Ministry of Health said it had invested “massively” in the ambulance service, increasing the BCEHS budget from $424 million in 2017 to $560 million in 2020. ....
VANCOUVER A woman in Port Moody desperately flagged down a police officer. She told the officer that her father was unresponsive and wasn’t breathing, said Const. Sam Zacharias, with the Port Moody police. She stated she was unable to reach 911 herself. Her father was at his home in Coquitlam when this happened Tuesday just after noon. That police officer was able to request E-comms to dispatch an ambulance and Coquitlam fire rescue to the scene, said Zacharias. This is just an example of the extreme measures some family members are taking to get help for loved ones, as 911 call wait times reach record lengths. ....
Rapid response team sent to Fort St. James as COVID cases spike - BC News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.