The mayors are fed up with slow ambulance responses and persistent emergency room closures and are threatening to withhold tax dollars.
went into cardiac arrest and died while waiting almost half an hour for paramedics to arrive. Both seniors were in medical distress in the same block as the ambulance station.
Blackwell said mayors can step in and use their community contacts to help the health authorities recruit staff, which is often stymied by a shortage in housing and daycare spaces. That on-the-ground perspective that local politicians have, Blackwell said, is a key resource being overlooked by Health Minister Adrian Dix and other health authorities.
Troy Clifford, president of the Ambulance Paramedics and Emergency Dispatchers of B.C., applauds the rural mayors for banding together to push for better health-care services.Article content But Clifford said some of those full- and part-time jobs were filled by paramedics previously working in casual “on-call” positions, thereby leaving many on-call positions vacant. That means there is nobody to backfill when full- and part-time paramedics are sick or on vacation.
”In many of the rural and remote communities where new, permanent positions were created, the vast majority of the paramedic shifts were being staffed on an on-call basis,” the ambulance service said in a statement.
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