The Kenora District Services Board says it is continuing to charge hospitals for non-urgent land ambulance patient transfers.CAO Dan McNeil says some hospitals are co-operating and some aren't.
McNeil notes a study involving area hospitals, ORNGE and the Rainy River District Social Services Area Board is expected to be finalized this month and shed some light on the problem.
Under provincial law the request to respond to a cardiac call is 6-minutes and McNeil notes that's impossible with their ambulances are tied up with a non-urgent transfer.