A province of Manitoba news release from today
http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?archive=&item=6554
"Recent provincial investments in emergency medical services include:
· providing $10 million to:
- purchase 39 new and replacement ambulances for communities across the province,
- permanently hire additional paramedics provincewide, and
- partner with Red River College to deliver a primary-care paramedic program at the college’s main campus and at three rural and northern sites;
· $6.5 million to replace an air-ambulance jet in the Lifeflight program, which provides life-saving transport each year to more than 500 people living in remote communities;
· $4.6 million to construct or substantially upgrade emergency medical stations in Morden/Winkler, Oak Bluff, Carmen, The Pas, Killarney, Swan River, Minnedosa, Rivers, Ste. Anne, Gypsumville, The Pas, Steinbach, Lundar, Kinisota Trails, Ashern, Dauphin and Altona.
· $7.8 million to develop the Medical Transportation Co-ordination Centre in Brandon, the dedicated centre for the dispatch of all rural and northern medical services including inter-facility transfers; and
· an estimated $7 million each year to fund the full patient cost of inter-facility transports.
"
A province of Manitoba news release from September 24, 2007
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2007/09/2007-09-24-105000-2275.html
"The province will invest more than $1.3 million and partner with Red River College to develop and deliver a primary-care paramedic program at the college’s main campus and at three rural and northern sites throughout the province, Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced today.
"Since 1999, the Manitoba government has made significant investments in emergency medical services including:
· developing the $7.8 million Medical Transportation Co-ordination Centre in Brandon;
· investing $6.5 million to replace an air ambulance jet in the Lifeflight program which provides
life-saving transport each year to more than 500 people living in dozens of remote communities;
· investing more than $4.6 million to construct or substantially upgrade 16 emergency medical stations in communities including Kinnesota Trails, Morden/Winkler, Oak Bluff, Carmen, The Pas, Killarney, Swan River, Minnedosa, Rivers, Ste. Anne, Gypsumville, The Pas, Steinbach, Lundar, Ashern and Dauphin;
· providing an estimated $7 million each year to fund the full patient cost of inter-facility transports; and
· investing more than $15 million in a fleet vehicle program including the purchasing of 160 new ambulances.
"
http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?archive=&item=6554
"Recent provincial investments in emergency medical services include:
· providing $10 million to:
- purchase 39 new and replacement ambulances for communities across the province,
- permanently hire additional paramedics provincewide, and
- partner with Red River College to deliver a primary-care paramedic program at the college’s main campus and at three rural and northern sites;
· $6.5 million to replace an air-ambulance jet in the Lifeflight program, which provides life-saving transport each year to more than 500 people living in remote communities;
· $4.6 million to construct or substantially upgrade emergency medical stations in Morden/Winkler, Oak Bluff, Carmen, The Pas, Killarney, Swan River, Minnedosa, Rivers, Ste. Anne, Gypsumville, The Pas, Steinbach, Lundar, Kinisota Trails, Ashern, Dauphin and Altona.
· $7.8 million to develop the Medical Transportation Co-ordination Centre in Brandon, the dedicated centre for the dispatch of all rural and northern medical services including inter-facility transfers; and
· an estimated $7 million each year to fund the full patient cost of inter-facility transports.
"
A province of Manitoba news release from September 24, 2007
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2007/09/2007-09-24-105000-2275.html
"The province will invest more than $1.3 million and partner with Red River College to develop and deliver a primary-care paramedic program at the college’s main campus and at three rural and northern sites throughout the province, Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced today.
"Since 1999, the Manitoba government has made significant investments in emergency medical services including:
· developing the $7.8 million Medical Transportation Co-ordination Centre in Brandon;
· investing $6.5 million to replace an air ambulance jet in the Lifeflight program which provides
life-saving transport each year to more than 500 people living in dozens of remote communities;
· investing more than $4.6 million to construct or substantially upgrade 16 emergency medical stations in communities including Kinnesota Trails, Morden/Winkler, Oak Bluff, Carmen, The Pas, Killarney, Swan River, Minnedosa, Rivers, Ste. Anne, Gypsumville, The Pas, Steinbach, Lundar, Ashern and Dauphin;
· providing an estimated $7 million each year to fund the full patient cost of inter-facility transports; and
· investing more than $15 million in a fleet vehicle program including the purchasing of 160 new ambulances.
"
