Gaudet says it is 'quite disappointing, frustrating' that the public procurement process will be delayed. Delaney's ambulance service is one of several dozen contracts with private and community ambulance operators in N.L. Scathing auditThe new rules would give all responsibility for ambulances to the Department of Health and Community Services. The change was prompted by a 2018 audit of private and community ambulance operators by Grant Thornton revealed multiple problems, including:Failure to meet minimum staffing requirements. Even months after the audit was released, paramedics with private ambulance companies continued to lament that they were not being paid properly.

Source: CBC News May 05, 2019 16:30 UTC