22 Aug 2022
As hospital backlogs grow, paramedics struggle to deliver timely care
Author: admintech | Filed under: Finance/ MoneyLast year, the Ottawa Paramedic Service took 72,000 patients to hospitals and spent 49,000 hours in offload delay — waiting to transfer over the care of a patient. During the first five months of 2022, they’ve already spent 25,000 hours waiting.