Several Ontario municipalities say their paramedic services are under immense pressure, with worrying stretches of times during which no ambulances are available to respond to calls—but the province doesn’t track the problem. The government does have data on the hours paramedics spend waiting in emergency rooms to transfer patients to the care of a hospital,…
Ontario Regions Face Ambulance Pressures; Province Won’t Release Offload Delay Data
One in Three Victorian Ambulances Taking Too Long
Ambulance response times continue to lag in Victoria, with new data showing it takes more than 15 minutes to respond to one in three critical incidents. While the new data shows a modest improvement in ambulance response times from January to March 2023, the health system overall in Victoria was still under huge pressure. Out…
Man Sentenced to Life in Death of NYC Ambulance Driver
April 27, 2023
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NEW YORK—A 31-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Wednesday for killing a New York City emergency medical technician by running her over with her own ambulance. Jose Gonzalez was convicted of first-degree murder last month in the March 2017 murder of Yadira Arroyo, a 14-year Fire Department veteran and mother…
NY Patient’s Ambulance Joyride Ends When Police Spike Tires
April 1, 2023
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TARRYTOWN, N.Y.—A patient stole the ambulance that had taken him to a New York City hospital and took it on a 25-mile joyride that ended when state police used a spike strip to stop him, authorities said. The incident unfolded early Thursday after a 47-year-old man was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital in Manhattan…
Victorian Premier Apologises to Families of 33 Who Died From Triple 0 Call Delays
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has publicly apologised for the state’s triple zero call delay failure that directly led to 33 people dying. The Victorian inspector-general for emergency management investigated the state’s emergency call response performance during COVID-19, where demand for the triple zero line surged. The final report revealed 40 potential adverse events associated with…
Touching Video Shows Horse Galloping for Miles Behind an Ambulance Carrying Her Sick Sister, Goes Viral
A horse was seen galloping behind an ambulance that was carrying her sick sister for 5 miles in Udaipur, India. Footage shows the horse running behind the vehicle, which was transporting her sister to a medical center. Girish Bharti, who filmed the scene, said that he followed the horse for around a mile. The footage…
‘Heartbreaking Loss’: BC Agency Looks Into Ambulance Call After Infant Death Report
British Columbia’s emergency health service says it is reviewing thecircumstances of the reported death of an infant last week whilewaiting for an ambulance in a small community in the southernInterior, calling it a “heartbreaking loss.” A statement from BC Emergency Health Services says in response to questions about the death in Barriere that it received…
Hawaii Ambulance Fire Leaves Patient Dead, Paramedic Injured
HONOLULU—A patient died and a paramedic was critically injured when their ambulance caught fire outside a hospital in Hawaii, emergency officials said. “We had an ambulance tonight for reasons we don’t understand catch on fire, possibly explode, prior to entering the hospital,” said Dr. Jim Ireland, the emergency services director. “We’re all just very concerned…
91-Year-Old Woman Dies After Waiting 7 Hours for Montreal Ambulance
Montreal paramedics say staff shortages are to blame after an ambulance took seven hours to respond over the weekend to a call involving a 91-year-old woman who died before they arrived. Urgences-santé spokesman Stéphane Smith says the service received a call about a woman who fell and hurt her leg, adding that the call was…
South Australian Budget Delivers on Election Promise of More Ambulance Officers
The South Australian (SA) government has begun its recruitment of the 350 additional ambulance officers promised at the state election in March. A new intern cohort of 32 paramedic graduates are set to start work on Monday, the first of 278 new paramedics and 72 new ambulance officers to be added to the SA ambulance…
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