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The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones has expanded a program that allows paramedics to take patients to locations other than emergency rooms, such as mental health facilities, or to treat them on-site. It says it does.
Jones said this week he would unveil a broader plan aimed at stabilizing and restoring the health care system.
The minister made the remarks in a speech at a meeting of the Ontario Municipalities Association. That's because emergency departments across the state were closed for hours or days at a time over the summer due to shortages of nursing staff.
Phase 1 of the Paramedic Pilot Project will begin in 2020, with over 40 municipalities launching the program. Initial results show the patient was getting treatment 17 times faster than her and she was 94 percent faster, Jones said. I did not go to the ER for several days after treatment.
Her innovative projects give people in palliative care, including those with mental health and addiction issues, better care options in their homes and communities. said to give
Jones said these 911 care models are being expanded to more local governments, though she did not specify their numbers or locations in her speech. not.
This Canadian her press report was first published on August 16, 2022.
