Coroner’s Report Shows Ornge Responsible for Two Deaths

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Recently released report into the Ontario’s plagued air ambulance service, Ornge, by the province’s chief coroner has concluded that the ambulance service was at fault in the deaths of two patients. Overall, the study of coroner’s office studied a total of 40 variety cases in which patients died following a request for an air ambulance. Out of the total forty cases, only eight cases were found to have gone wrong due to the operational issues at Ornge.

The report also pointed out that five of the patients were in Northern Ontario. The interim chief coroner of Ontario, Dr. Dan Cass, mentioned in a press conference on Monday that “even one preventable death is one too many.” Elaborating into the extent of responsibility of Ornge, the coroner’s office pointed out those operational issues include response time, staffing, paramedic training and aircraft equipment.

Ornge has now been operating with a shortage of pilots and paramedics since almost a year now, which has often prompted a bulk of criticism alleging that it has caused to compromise patient care. Even though the report does not specifically blame the design flaws with Ornge’s fleet of helicopters, Dr. Cass mentioned that there were cases “where the design of the cabin were problematic.” The controversy surrounding Ornge roots over a series of private, for-profit ventures created by former insiders that are now at the centre of an Ontario Provincial Police probe. Meanwhile, the Ontario government still allows an annual funding of $150-million to Ornge in lieu of managing all aspects of the province’s air ambulance service.

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