The policy states ambulances can only take patients to hospitals, not clinics. Four people in the village including a baby recently hurt in a fire had to wait over an hour for ambulances, while just 700 feet away from the McAdam Health Care Centre.
Charlotte the Isles MLA Rick Doucet tells CHSJ News the situation at hand makes it clear we can't put a round peg in a square hole.
He says if someone is on board the ambulance in very serious condition and there is a doctor on call at the Health centre that can stabilize that situation we should take advantage of it.
Doucet says there should definately be exceptions to the policy in rural areas, like McAdam, Blacks Harbour, or the Isles where a health clinic is all they have.
