British Columbia’s emergency health service says it is reviewing thecircumstances of the reported death of an infant last week whilewaiting for an ambulance in a small community in the southernInterior, calling it a “heartbreaking loss.”
A statement from BC Emergency Health Services says in response to questions about the death in Barriere that it received a call to respond to a patient at a home in the community north of Kamloops on Thursday.
It says the closest available ambulance was immediately dispatched, and local firefighters were also requested to assist with the call.
The agency has not confirmed the patient’s age or cause of death, but says it has opened a review into the call for service and will work with the patient care quality office to reach out to the family and address any questions or concerns….