New ambulance-dispatching system results in some improvement

A new ambulance-dispatching system now in place is reducing the number of high-priority calls for local paramedics, resulting in various improvements, though its full impact may not be known until year’s end. Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services Chief Carl Bowker presented on Wednesday the latest statistics during Hastings County’s joint emergency services committee meeting in Belleville. The new system on Feb. 6 began service locally. Early numbers show a decrease of 25 per cent in hi