Jeff Burch says there aren’t enough ambulances or EMS to help people experiencing medical emergencies.
The NDP MPP adding CUPE 911, the union that represents Niagara paramedics, has already stated they are understaffed, under-resourced and burnt-out as the demand for emergency services continues to rise. Burch stressing “Doug Ford is refusing to help while the people of Niagara are laying on stretchers or waiting anxiously for an ambulance to arrive. Niagara families need their government to hire more paramedics and dispatchers, not to continue to ignore the problem." The MPP adds the shortage of EMS workers and ambulances in Niagara is further aggravated by overcrowded hospitals.
And he notes "In the last seven months, nearly 350 patients in Niagara were left stranded for four to six hours due to ambulance off-load delays. Sixty-three people spent more than six hours on EMS stretchers waiting for a bed."
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