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More work to be done : Health minister announces changes to B C emergency services after recent heat wave

VANCOUVER The B.C. government is reconstituting the BC Emergency Health Services board of directors and increasing funding for ambulance service in the province after it faced intense criticism in the wake of the recent heat dome. Health Minister Adrian Dix announced the changes during a news conference Wednesday, saying that improvements to the system are needed. The events of the last few weeks make it clear that there s more work to be done, Dix said. Let there be no doubt our emergency health service system must work better for the people who call upon it and for the people who answer the call.

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Province makes changes to improve ambulance response times

Province makes changes to improve ambulance response times SHARE ON: Photo of BC Ambulance (Vista Radio Stock Image) After an unprecedented number of deaths related to the recent heat wave, the province is overhauling B.C.’s ambulance service.. Provincial funding will go towards 85 new full-time paramedics, 30 full-time dispatchers, 22 new ambulances, and converting 22 rural ambulance stations to 24/7 ALPHA stations. Six are scheduled to be running by this October. Plans for up to an additional 16 stations will be ready around the same time. Health minister, Adrian Dix, says this will quicken response times while relieving pressure on first responders. “This immediate action on operations, as well as stronger leadership and increased investment at BC Emergency Health Services, will deliver a more effective ambulance service for patients and families depending on it,” Dix said. “And of course we have to support our workforce: our ambulance paramedics (and) our dispatch

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Province addressed slow ambulance response times with B C Emergency Health Services changes

Minister of health Adrian Dix made the announcement Wednesday, assigning former Vancouver police chief Jim Chu as the new chair of the BCEHS board. In addition, the current chief operating officer of Providence Health Care, Leanne Heppell, has been appointed as B.C.’s new chief ambulance officer on an interim basis. Dix says the board of directors will now focus solely on ambulance services to ensure direct leadership of services, with the board reporting directly to the minister. “When we call for help, we need to know help is on the way, and that it will arrive quickly,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health.

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More than 60 employers hiring at regional career fair July 20

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