Nenshi slams province's plan to take over Calgary's ambulance dispatch
原始发布日期： 2015-12-08 发布者：中和字变大 字变小
Comments come after reports of government paying $60K per month for empty building Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi says the fact the province is paying $60,000 a month in rent on an empty building proves it shouldn't take over ambulance dispatch services for the city. (CBC) Mayor Naheed Nenshi is hoping the province pulls the plug on its plans to take over 911 dispatch for ambulance services in Calgary after hearing how much it's paying for an empty dispatch centre."They're paying $60,000 a month for rent, how are they possibly going to do this cheaper than the City of Calgary?" he said. The province has been paying the monthly fee since April in anticipation of taking over the service. "It's just not credible," said Nenshi on the proposal to transfer of responsibilities. "So we have a situation where we fully know this is going to increase response times, we know that increased response times lead to lower patient outcomes and it's going to cost the same or way more. Why are we even having this discussion?" Nenshi says he's been asked to send data to the health minister about the city's service and thinks it's weird the province is asking for the information now, even though it's been saying for over a year that it intends to proceed with the takeover. |