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Originally Posted by photon
Is this a problem common across Canada? Or is Alberta particularly bad?
As I get older I don't really like the idea of dying because there were no ambulances available.
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I don't know about all of Canada, but I seem to recall it's a major issue in some of the surrounding small towns.
To be more succinct, I don't necessarily think it's a good discussion to say all of health care at times. EMS staffing, resources and equipment age/availability specifically is in really bad shape.
Not commenting, but I honestly believe that the broad stroke slash on health spending by the government affected and hurt EMS programs more than the programs staffed by the average doctors and nurses.
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Originally Posted by jwslam
My biggest gripe is why we have a system that provides free healthcare to drug related incidents, especially repeat offenders.
But that's a different discussion.
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The irony is that this specific program actually helps to address the EMS issues.