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Ontario’s ambulance response times have skyrocketed – and are still on the rise

Waits for most urgent “life or death” cases have increased by 2 minutes on average since the pandemic

Kate Schneider
Kate Schneider

29 Nov 2023 • 4 min read

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Paramedics transfer a patient out of their ambulance to the emergency department at Michael Garron Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, January 10, 2022. Ambulances have been in short supply in some regions through out the province of Ontario (The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette)

Kate Schneider
Kate Schneider

Kate Schneider is a U.K.-based reporter with experience working at the Oxford Political Review and the Canadian Law Review. Her work has also been published by the CBC.

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