The move by Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek comes after both the city and Alberta Health Services ordered reviews into why it took an ambulance 30 minutes to get to an elderly woman who was attacked by three dogs
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek is calling on the Alberta government to reverse its decision to consolidate emergency medical dispatch across the province.
The health authority says emergency medical services triaged a “dog bite” as non-life-threatening based on information received from the city’s 911 call centre – until police arrived on scene and told EMS the woman’s injuries were serious. The cities of Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo have long raised concerns about the consolidation of emergency medical dispatch.
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