For all the talk about patient wait times in the health-care system, at least one group of medical professionals can also be prone to long delays.
When an ambulance arrives at one of the major hospitals in the Halifax area, there’s a good chance the paramedics will be waiting a while before they can return to regular duty. That’s because offload times at the Halifax Infirmary and the Dartmouth General Hospital fall well short of the standard established by the province’s Health Department.
Full article at: CBC News