The C-E-O of Ambulance NB is answering criticism that it took too long to get a 60 year old man who suffered a heart attack on Grand Manan airlifted to the Regional Hospital a few days ago.
Alan Stephen tells CHSJ News there was a good reason why he had to wait for the Air Care plane to come in from dropping off a patient in Halifax.
Stephen says it was medically determined the patient needed a level of care beyond what was available on the Atlantic Charters plane that was nearby.
He adds the decision to use the Air Care plane was based on the information about the man’s condition that was passed along by doctors.
