Stretcher service hits the streets; girls charged with assault
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This article was published 28/03/2023 (944 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Province launches dedicated stretcher service
A new system for transporting low-acuity patients, which the province says will free paramedics to respond to emergencies, is now in place.
Health Minister Audrey Gordon announced the “launch” of the dedicated stretcher service Monday, although the service was introduced in Brandon in January. The service began in Selkirk in February and in Morden-Winkler on Monday.
“Establishing a stretcher service in these communities to support stable patients going to appointments or between facilities will allow paramedics and ambulances to focus more on efforts on providing life-saving care in the community,” Gordon said in a news release.
In the past, ambulances and paramedics were used to transport patients to routine medical appointments, tests or treatment, a Shared Health representative said in the release. That meant an ambulance crew would be taken out of service and others had to be re-positioned to cover. A dedicated inter-facility transport, on the other hand, means staffed ambulances can be left in the communities they serve to address emergencies.
High-acuity (very sick or injured) patients will continue to be transported by ambulance, the press release noted.
Girls charged with assault
Two girls will appear in court on charges of assault causing bodily harm for allegedly attacking two other girls.
The Brandon Police Service said Monday it received a report on Sunday that two girls had assaulted two other girls and found two suspects walking in the 200 block of 18th Street.
Police say when officers tried to stop the girls, they ran, but they arrested two drunk girls, aged 13 and 15, in the area who they believed to be the suspects.
The girls were released to a family member on condition that they appear in court on April 25 to face charges of assault causing bodily harm, assault, resisting arrest and consuming liquor as a minor.
Police didn’t describe the victims’ injuries.
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