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Ambulance New Brunswick is scrapping a system in place since 2007 that saw paramedics deployed in neighbouring areas as well, often at the expense of services in their host communities.
Paramedic teams will remain in their local communities and generally not respond to calls in other areas
Mark Leger · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 24, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
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Ambulance New Brunswick has changed the way it’s deploying paramedic services in rural areas to improve care and response times. (Radio-Canada)
Chris Hood is originally from Stanley, a small community 40 kilometres north of Fredericton, where he spent the early part of his paramedic career.
Back then, he said, two or three people a day would come by the ambulance bay with a medical concern. They might need something such as a blood pressure check, which their doctor said they should get done regularly.
“We would do that,” said Hood, executive director of the Paramedic Association of New Brunswick.
“We became familiar with them, with their medical history. We were able to provide them that [kind of] ongoing support.
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