Sick children from Quebec’s remote regions now accompanied by parents ‘in 98% of cases’ – CBC

Head of Viens inquiry urges EVAQ to make more changes, like translating policies into Indigenous languages

Oct 24, 2018

The government agency that manages Quebec’s air-ambulance service said parents have been able to accompany their children on emergency flights in “98 per cent” of cases over the past month.

Évacuations aéromédicales du Québec (EVAQ) said it has now fully implemented its new policy, allowing caregivers to accompany minors on medical evacuation flights.

The policy was adopted last June, after a group of doctors launched a campaign to call attention to the fact that EVAQ’s refusal to allow parents to accompany their sick children during medical emergencies threatened the well-being of those children, especially Indigenous children who often do not speak English or French.

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