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McFadyen says Tories would base helicopter air ambulance in Brandon
Conservative Leader Hugh McFadyen announces campaign promises as patrons dine at Lady of the Lake on 18th Street in Brandon on Monday. (TIM SMITH / BRANDON SUN)
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Progressive Conservative Leader Hugh McFadyen said in Brandon today a Tory government would base a helicopter air ambulance in the Wheat City.
The helicopter would cover western Manitoba while a second helicopter would be based in Winnipeg.
"A helicopter ambulance based in Brandon will provide a major boost to EMS services in the Westman region of Manitoba while we make progress on our long-term plans to restore health- care services to Brandon and Westman," McFadyen said in a release.
He said the deployment of a helicopter ambulance in Brandon would cost $5 million.
In July, the Selinger government said it was working with the Alberta-based Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) to base a helicopter in Winnipeg.
The plan includes building a helicopter landing pad atop a new seven-storey, $39-million diagnostic imaging centre being built at Health Sciences Centre on William Avenue. Construction begins this summer; the facility will be completed in two years.
The province will spend $5 million to purchase a helicopter, which will initially ferry patients to Winnipeg airport to be taken by ground ambulance to hospital. The province estimates it will cost $1.5 million to $2 million a year to operate and staff it.
The province says the service could save 50 lives a year by transporting patients to hospital more quickly from rural areas.
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