Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Patient Transfer's studied

Superior North Emergency Medical Services is welcoming an Ontario Ombudsman study. The probe will look at non-emergency patient transfers and whether they need to be regulated. Gale says he hopes in the future another patient issue is addressed. The EMS head wants the Ombudsman to look into the high demand on the EMS for patient transfers. The Ombudsman launched the investigation after receiving 30 complaints about private companies that transfer non-critical patients.