Woman, 91, dies after waiting seven hours for Montreal ambulance

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Montreal paramedics say employees shortages are responsible after an ambulance took seven hours to reply over the weekend to a name involving a 91-year-old girl who died earlier than they arrived.

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Urgences-sante spokesman Stephane Smith says the service obtained a name a couple of girl who fell and damage her leg, including that the decision was categorized as Precedence 4 — which isn’t thought of pressing.

He says the lady’s situation was re-evaluated each hour and didn’t change, however he says by the point paramedics arrived Sunday morning, she was lifeless.

TVA has reported that the lady was named Therese Pardiac and that she had coronary heart issues. The broadcaster quoted Pardiac’s daughter-in-law, who mentioned the 911 name was for a attainable hip fracture and the 91-year-old was struggling whereas ready for the ambulance.

Smith says weekend nights in the summertime are significantly tough for paramedics as a result of excessive quantity of calls, including that just about half the positions for paramedics within the metropolis are unfilled.

He says Urgences-sante is anticipating one other 16 paramedics to hitch the service quickly, however he provides it’s “by no means sufficient.”