H.E.R.O.S. Asks for Council’s Help
Prince George, B.C. – For the past 5 years, there has been a push to have a rapid response medical helicopter service that can reach remote areas in order to decrease the time before an injured or ill person receives medical help.
It has long been known that persons injured in crashes on northern highways, or on the job in rural or remote areas, will wait longer for emergency medical help to reach them because of the distances involved and the access challenges in the region.
In a letter to the North Central Local Government Association and Council for the City of Prince George, HEROS says ” everyone who lives, works and travels in and around our region, deserve better prehospital care than is currently available to them.”
HEROS points to the recent report on emergency medical care from B.C. Forest Safety Council ombudsman Roger Harris which noted provincial authorities “believe it is our choice to live in this area and that we should not expect the same level of emergency care as the people of the Lower Mainland and Victoria now receive.”
HEROS is appealing to private industry – foresters, truckers, miners, petroleum producers; public entities such as firefighters and other first responders and health authorities; and elected government officials to push for real change in how the province conducts its emergency services.
HEROS is calling on Council to join the call for a Royal Commission inquiry into pre-hospital care.
Mayor and Council have approved sending a letter to support HEROS request.
Comments
It’s just another reason for an independent province of northern BC. We expect the full province to be developed and recieve these kinds of government services and not just the LMD were the bureaucrats choose to live.
“which noted provincial authorities “believe it is our choice to live in this area and that we should not expect the same level of emergency care as the people of the Lower Mainland and Victoria now receive.”
Those so called provincial authorities can kiss my lilly white butt.
Yes it is time to have a province of northern BC. Any ideas for a name?
Yep, that statement sickened me when I read it a while back. Goes to the pious, me-first attitude of those in the LMD. And having had to live in Vancouver over a two month period last year that attitude runs deep.
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