#StatusCodeRed
#StatusCodeRed
If the Toronto City Council doesn’t invest in paramedicine and commit to delivering better care, there will continue to be less paramedics available, leading to longer ambulance wait-times, and in many cases, reach status “code red” when there are no ambulances available to respond to a 911 call.
Statistics
1139
Number of times Toronto Paramedic Services faced Code Red in 2021
26%
Increase in occupational stress injuries among Toronto paramedics over the past year
882%
Increase in WSIB costs for the City of Toronto (2013-2021)
Source: 2023 Toronto Paramedic Services Capital Budget
If the Toronto City Council doesn’t invest in paramedicine and commit to delivering better care, there will continue to be less paramedics available, leading to longer ambulance wait-times, and in many cases, reach status “code red” when there are no ambulances available to respond to a 911 call.
Statistics
1139
Number of times Toronto Paramedic Services faced Code Red in 2021
26%
Increase in occupational stress injuries among Toronto paramedics over the past year
882%
Increase in WSIB costs for the City of Toronto (2013-2021)
Source: 2023 Toronto Paramedic Services Capital Budget
If the Toronto City Council doesn’t invest in paramedicine and commit to delivering better care, there will continue to be less paramedics available, leading to longer ambulance wait-times, and in many cases, reach status “code red” when there are no ambulances available to respond to a 911 call.
Statistics
1139
Number of times Toronto Paramedic Services faced Code Red in 2021
26%
Increase in occupational stress injuries among Toronto paramedics over the past year
882%
Increase in WSIB costs for the City of Toronto (2013-2021)
Source: 2023 Toronto Paramedic Services Capital Budget
City Council Meeting – July 24, 2024
Toronto City Councillor Jennifer Mckelvie backs the Local 416 “Status Code Red” campaign during the July 24th City Council meeting: “I do think this is the number one thing as a council, as a city, we need to be pushing the province on”.
Audit Committee – July 5, 2024
Local 416 Paramedic Vice Chair, Peter Shirer, speaking on the rising response times caused by staffing challenges and pressure in the healthcare system.”
Budget Subcommittee at City Hall – January 22, 2024
Local 416 Secretary Treasurer, Domenic Maugeri, stressing the importance to City Council in investing in the worker during his Budget Deputation on Monday, January 22, 2024.
Domenic advocated for Council to “invest in the worker the same way they do in tech and infrastructure, and that retention of the worker should be top priority.”
Local 416 Paramedic Chair, Mike Merriman, ringing the alarm bells at his public deputation at Budget Committee about the dire state of paramedic services due to years of under investing.
“This has prompted me to speak up for not only my members I represent but the patients that they serve. We are witnessing an alarming and unprecedent level of paramedic resignations.”
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