** Memorial service for Ornge air ambulance chopper crew set for later this month in Toronto
** 4-year-old New York girl dies after dispatch delay of four minutes
CANADA NEWS
** A memorial service for the crew of an Ornge air ambulance chopper that crashed May 31st near Moosonee, Ontario has been set for June 18th in Toronto. That is the word from City News (Showwei Chu/July 7) which said the commemoration will be held at the Toronto Police College at 2 p.m. The event will honor the lives of paramedics Chris Snowball, 38, and Dustin Dagenais, 34. It will also remember pilot Don Filliter, 54, and first officer Jacques Dupuy, 43. Funeral services for Snowball, meanwhile, were held Friday in Burlington at the Compass Point Bible Church.
UNITED STATES NEWS
** Human error is being blamed for a last Tuesday call in New York that saw an ambulance dispatch delay of four minutes for a four-year-old car crash victim. The New York Times (Marc Santora/Nate Schweber/July 7) said the unexplained interval occurred after the dispatcher did not see the call on his computer screen. No explanation was offered as to why this happened. According to the newspaper, Ariel Russo, nevertheless, remained alive until the ambulance finally arrived. She died a short time later. The call is fuelling criticism from pundits who are taking aim at the new $88 million dispatch relay system now being implemented. On several occasions in recent weeks, glitches have forced 911 operators to resort to pen and paper when the system shut down. Fire Department officials, however, said no technical problems resulted in the delay.
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