Secret cabinet documents reveal the Health Ministry has investigated 26 patient deaths since 2007, including at least two children, due to alleged problems at ORNGE.
The 42-page Liberal briefing entitled “Investigations Concerning Air Ambulance and Related Services” is dated May 23 and was obtained by Progressive Conservative MPP Frank Klees from disgruntled public servants.
Klees charged the report proves nothing has changed at the air ambulance service since the ORNGE board was replaced earlier this year and senior management fired.
Cabinet documents are prepared for Premier Dalton McGuinty and his top ministers. However, a spokesperson for Health Minister Deb Matthews said this particular report was not handed out.
The documents indicate this year alone there have been 40 serious incidents probed by the ministry’s emergency health services branch, said Klees in a Friday press conference. Last year, 27 incidents were examined.
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