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An Ottawa Paramedic Service ambulance parked on Queen Street, during the 2007 Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa. In front of the ambulance is a St. John's Ambulance van. In the 1980s better ambulances and equipment became the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 's priority.
A rail ambulance is a vehicle used for medical transportation services on railway lines. [1] The first rail ambulance was set up in 1920, in order to enable injured people to be transported to the nearest hospital, was set up in the coal mining community of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The car ran between #3 and #7 mines and Town of Sydney Mines.
Ornge AgustaWestland AW139 at the Ottawa base, 3 June 2011 Ornge facility in Thunder Bay. Ornge (pronounced Orange), [4] formerly Ontario Air Ambulance Corporation and Ontario Air Ambulance Service, is a Canadian not-for-profit corporation [2] and registered charity [1] that provides air ambulance and associated ground transportation services for the province of Ontario, under the direction of ...
The family launched a $1.5 million civil lawsuit against the Ottawa Police Services Board, then-Ottawa police chief Charles Bordeleau, Montsion, and Weir. The Ottawa Police Services Board reached an undisclosed settlement with the family in January 2021. [25] [26]
The Ottawa Hospital's Riverside Campus is one of three main campuses of The Ottawa Hospital [6] – along with the Civic and General campuses, and is the only campus that does not admit patients and has no emergency department. The facility operates for out-patient treatment and procedures during the day Monday - Friday.
Ottawa police set up a hotline for hate-motivated crimes to be reported. [162] On the night of February 1, Ottawa Police said that about 250 protesters remained around and on Parliament Hill. [163] Ottawa residents reported numerous incidents in which convoy protesters physically assaulted them, or threatened rape or death for wearing masks. [164]
There are 45 fire stations located across Ottawa, including 16 Paid On-Call stations and 5 composite stations. The stations are assigned to 9 district operations units. On Friday September 3, 2010, Chief deHooge announced that a three-year trial testing the use of 24-hour shift rotations would begin in January 2011.
The Canadian Red Cross was fined $5,000 for its role in the tainted blood scandal and the organization agreed to plead guilty to distributing a contaminated drug. It agreed to donate $1.5 million to the University of Ottawa for a research endowment fund, as well as a scholarship for the family members of those affected.