“And our most vulnerable citizens.”Ĭhief Mike Sanderson of the Hamilton Paramedic Service told The Spectator that Code Zero events are directly related to the growing amount and increasingly long offload delays at local hospitals. “We’re failing our patients,” said Posteraro. Posteraro said, although Code Zero events have been an ongoing problem, the rate at which the city’s own paramedics are unable to respond to calls in their own community has “reached an all-time high.”Īnd he believes the situation will likely get worse as the upcoming flu season and predicted COVID wave begin. The number is a record for the service, according to its chief. In an email to The Spectator, the Hamilton Paramedic Service said the city has experienced 310 Code zeros so far this year as of Friday - 18 of the events being in the preceding three days. “And they’re increasing in both frequency and duration.” “Code zeros are a daily occurrence,” said Posteraro. OPSEU Local 256 president Mario Posteraro told The Spectator the incident is “emblematic” of the current situation facing Hamilton’s paramedic services. The patient was eventually transported to St. 11 and was completed by the early morning of Oct. “Imagine that is your mother, spouse or best friend,” read the tweet.Ĭhief Tom Reid of the Dufferin County Paramedic Service confirmed the report to The Spectator, noting that the Code 3 call - meaning it was non-life threatening but urgent - began on the evening of Oct. Orangeville is an approximately one-hour-and-15-minute drive away from the west Hamilton community. 12, the union wrote that an Orangeville ambulance, operated by the Dufferin County Paramedic Service, had responded to a call “that was holding” in Dundas. The president of the Hamilton paramedics union says the frequency of “ Code Zero” events in the city has surged to “unprecedented levels.”Ī Code Zero is when one or no ambulances are available to respond to emergencies in the city.Īn incident last week, shared to social media by Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 231 - which represents paramedics in Guelph and Wellington County - paints just how grim the picture is.
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