EHS Alberta to use taxis in pilot for non-urgent patients
Landon Hickok- 0
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Emergency Health Services Alberta and Health Link 8-1-1 is expanding a program that would see callers to 8-1-1 in Edmonton and Calgary taking taxis to hospital.
A six-month pilot project will build off the Shared Response launched two years ago where taxi services in Edmonton and Calgary will offer to take low-acuity callers who are advised by a registered nurse at 811 to see a doctor within 24 hours.
The move is to ensure ambulances will be available for all patients in need of immediate, life-saving care. The pilot will run now through March, at that time it be reassessed to determine if the program will expand to other municipalities.
