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Province of Manitoba Media Release | Thirty front-line paramedics will be hired to provide better care closer to home for families in the Prairie Mountain Health and Southern Health\u2013Sant\u00e9 Sud regional health authorities, Premier Greg Selinger announced on July 30, 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cParamedics are often the first to care for critically injured patients and it\u2019s important to invest in more front-line positions to ensure care is available as soon as possible,\u201d said Premier Selinger. \u201cThese positions will create more jobs for paramedics and help to reduce response times in western and southern Manitoba.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new paramedics will be stationed throughout the two regional health authorities to replace standby positions with full-time staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe investment in new paramedic positions for priority areas in Prairie Mountain Health will contribute to a more sustainable, responsive emergency medical services system,\u201d said Penny Gilson, chief executive officer, Prairie Mountain Health. \u201cMoving more stations toward the goal of around-the-clock in-station coverage instead of relying heavily on standby paramedics will support staff and ensure more consistent services for area residents.\u201d<\/p>\n
The paramedics hired to work in the Prairie Mountain Health region will primarily be located in Winnipegosis, Mafeking, Melita and Deloraine. Those hired to work in the Southern Health\u2013Sant\u00e9 Sud region will primarily be located in MacGregor and Oak Bluff.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe anticipate the additions of the new front-line paramedic positions in Southern Health\u2013Sant\u00e9 Sud will help us further stabilize our workforce as we continue to provide quality, safe care to area residents,\u201d said Kathy McPhail, chief executive officer, Southern Health\u2013Sant\u00e9 Sud.<\/p>\n
The premier noted these new full-time paramedic positions are part of the government\u2019s continuing efforts over the past 15 years to create a much more modern, effective and co-ordinated EMS system, particularly in rural and northern Manitoba. He added these initiatives are part of the government\u2019s 10-year plan to implement the recommendations of the Manitoba EMS System Review, which was conducted in 2013.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs call volumes in rural Manitoba continue to increase, the reliance on paramedics to be on-call poses a number of challenges that can affect both patients and staff,\u201d said Jodi Possia, chair, Paramedic Association of Manitoba. \u201cThe EMS System Review recommended the transition to
\nfull-time paramedic staffing across the province to address these issues and we\u2019re pleased to see that these recommendations continue to be implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n
The premier noted the implementation of the EMS review recommendations also includes a new advanced-care paramedic program at Red River College that will be launched this fall. The two-year program will help enhance the level of emergency care available in rural Manitoba and will be delivered to an annual intake of 16 students, he added.<\/p>\n
Additional recent investments include providing an estimated $11 million each year to fund the full patient cost of inter-facility transports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Province of Manitoba Media Release | Thirty front-line paramedics will be hired to provide better care closer to home for families in the Prairie Mountain Health and Southern Health\u2013Sant\u00e9 Sud regional health authorities, Premier Greg Selinger announced on July 30, 2015. \u201cParamedics are often the first to care for critically injured patients and it\u2019s important […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-25941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}