Tories pledge $20M for health centres
Will increase number of city ambulances, paramedics
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Hugh McFadyen said Friday a government he leads would invest $20 million to improve community health ACCESS centres by keeping them open longer.
He also promised to add five ambulances and 60 paramedics in Winnipeg.
As well, the Progressive Conservative leader pledged to establish a specialized stroke unit in Manitoba, which he said could reduce the risk of disability and death due to stroke by as much as 30 per cent. Such units have already been established in four other provinces.
Surrounded by 50 cheering paramedics at a press conference at the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba, McFadyen also vowed to equip every ambulance in Manitoba with powerlift stretchers and “track assist chairs.”
He said he would also expand training for paramedics and move ahead with self-regulation for paramedics with the creation of a College of Paramedics of Manitoba.
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