The Province is giving the Health Sciences Centre 228-thousand dollars
to hire more nurses for the emergency room. The new nurses will only
care for patients with non-life threatening conditions who arrive by
ambulance. EMS Chief Norm Gale says it's freeing up his paramedics and
allowing them to get back on the road. Gale says they were losing 11
hours of ambulance time and 22 hours of paramedic time per day because
there was no one to look after the patients once they arrived at the
ER. Mayor Keith Hobbs is pleased noting it should have a positive
impact on the City's emergency services budget.
