B.C. Emergency Health Services is reviewing a case in which an infant in Barriere died before an ambulance could arrive.
The ambulance service confirmed it received a call to respond to a patient at a home in Barriere on Thursday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Vancouver Sun, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
However, the union representing B.C. paramedics said there were delays in responding because the ambulance was in Kamloops when the call came in.Article content BCEHS said it has opened a review and “is working with the patient care quality office to reach out to this family to answer any concerns or questions they have.”
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