The head of Nova Scotia’s ambulance service has told a legislature committee that ambulance response times have improved across the province since January. Ambulances are seen at the Dartmouth General Hospital in Dartmouth, N.S. on July 4, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan CANADAHALIFAX news Nova Scotia’s ambulance service says response times improving in 2024 by admin 11 سبتمبر، 2024 written by admin 11 سبتمبر، 2024 48 CITYnews halifax / By The Canadian Press. HALIFAX — The head of Nova Scotia’s ambulance service says response times have improved across the province since January. Matthew Crossman, president of Emergency Medical Care Inc., told a legislative committee today that average response times are down from 36 minutes to 18 minutes provincewide. Crossman says the improvement is mainly due to the use of air ambulance services and a program that frees up ambulances by allowing paramedics to discharge some patients at the scene of their treatment rather than taking them to hospital. He says about a third of calls now result in patients being released instead of being taken to hospital. Last September, provincial auditor general Kim Adair released a report showing the average wait time for an ambulance in 2022 had risen to 25 minutes from 14 minutes. Adair’s report found that between 2017 and 2022, average response times had grown between two and five per cent annually. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 11, 2024. The Canadian Press 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin previous post MacDonald Bridge to close this weekend for maintenance work next post Halifax police charge man with attempted murder in north-end shooting You may also like v 20 سبتمبر، 2024 More pharmacies added to community primary care clinic... 20 سبتمبر، 2024 Head of committee monitoring response to N.S. mass... 19 سبتمبر، 2024 Wednesday’s hot weather breaks 125-year-old record in Halifax... 19 سبتمبر، 2024 Local authors focusing on upcoming literature event in... 19 سبتمبر، 2024 لوغو طلب من الكتلة الكيبيكية إسقاط ترودو لكنها... 19 سبتمبر، 2024 كندا ’’ملعب‘‘ للتدخل الأجنبي وفقاً لنائب كندي 19 سبتمبر، 2024 كندا تمتنع عن التصويت على مشروع قرار يدعو... 19 سبتمبر، 2024 خفض عدد الطلاب الأجانب في كندا بـ10% إضافية 19 سبتمبر، 2024 Canadian Coast Guard crew member lost at sea... 18 سبتمبر، 2024