An Alberta paramedic is raising concerns that more than 200 paramedic shifts are currently vacant on Christmas Eve, Day and New Year's Eve.
WATCH: An Alberta paramedic is raising concerns that more than 200 shifts are currently vacant during the holidays. Drew Stremick reports.An Alberta paramedic is sounding the alarm after providing Global News with a series of screen shots showing more than 200 shifts on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Eve are currently unfilled.
Going by just the name ‘David’, out of fear of losing his job, the paramedic of more than a decade, says each year around the holidays, it gets worse and worse. “We’re providing a service that people absolutely depend on,” said David. “It used to be hard to get on in Calgary; you would have to start somewhere else in the province and work you way to a position in Calgary. Now you can get a spot that’s full-time right out of school.”An Alberta paramedic is sounding the alarm over reports more than 200 shifts remain unfilled on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Eve.
While the number of paramedics working in the system has remained the same, many say they have chosen to move from full-time to casual in order to protect what remains of their mental and physical health.
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