Health care under the NDP: Paramedic shifts unfilled, ambulances sitting empty, emergency rooms closed ... You don’t have to be a doctor to know delays in providing health-care can lead to worsening patient outcomes or death. That is why the job of a paramedic is so important. They are truly on the frontlines: the first to see, treat, and transport the patient to the hospital. It is not an easy job, and the shift work they perform has been shown to shorten one’s lifespan. On top of everything, in the last few years, paramedics have been working full tilt partly because of the overdose crisis. The sirens of ambulances attending to an opioid overdose have become commonplace in British Columbia. Meanwhile, stories of seniors experiencing bad falls or heat stroke but waiting hours for an ambulance have also become commonplace ... CLICK HERE for the full story
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