City councillors will be asked to approve some new responsibilities for paramedics.
Superior North EMS spokesperson Shane Muir explains they will be making non-emergency home visits to help patients who are on a waitlist for alternate levels of care.
“We want to provide specially trained paramedics to come into their homes and do medical assessments, check compliance with medications, give them any kind of medical knowledge they may require to be comfortable and stay in their homes,” notes Muir.
There are currently more than 600 such patients in the city according to the SNEMS official.
The paramedicine program is funded by the provincial government.
