As emergency room wait times in Greater Victoria remain lengthy, a new partnership hopes to provide relief for non-urgent 911 patients.
A new Link and Referral Unit team consisting of paramedics is shown in this handout photo from Island Health.
The program, now operating with six UPCCs in Victoria with plans to expand to Nanaimo, sees paramedics assess patients on-site and, when appropriate, transfer them to a UPCC for treatment.“This partnership helps patients get the right care in the right place,” said paramedic Anthony Hayer, who is part of the LARU team.at Royal Jubilee Hospital, a situation Victoria Police Chief Del Manak described as “not a good use of officers’ time.
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