Adrian Dix said the BC Emergency Health Services board will now focus solely on ambulance services, appointed a new board chair and created the position of chief ambulance officer to manage the service. Criticism of BC Emergency Health Services has been ongoing since the extent of the heat deaths became known. The Liberals questioned why the ambulance service “failed to respond” to the heat wave. The current executive of the BC Emergency Health Services board will remain in place, Dix said. Troy Clifford, president of the Ambulance Paramedics and Emergency Dispatchers Union of B.C., said he is opitimistic but still “absorbing” the news.

Source: thestar July 15, 2021 00:56 UTC