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I... “In one minute. you can be in emergency calls take longer to and said they wanted immediate complete control of the system respond to because the ambu- action. 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 33 3 1 and in an hour you're in a Code lanwsmooming out of town. "This is unacceptable." said 3;..3‘?‘ 9-3145: x?’ ” “‘1 =3 ‘ Red situation." in the past. some ambulances Waterloo MayorBrendaHalloran. j. ~. » I .31". l - ‘7 fig 1 The effects 0f heightened horn Stratford or antford would But any solutionwililikelytake f 3 . 3 .3 3.3“ » . .. ' i I response times on patients are go on “standby" during busy monthstheregion's chief medical . i “,9?" ‘ -~ . ‘ 1;..iii.~;’. 1 hard to quantify. but EMS is look- times. Paramedics would keep the officer of health Dr. Hans Nolan 3 .3 3 . ' : 3.: F .- “if? 1 ing into one incident to see if a vehicles either near Waterloo said .3 hatter . . ,1": . = ' E ‘ “ delayed response worsened a Region's borders or within the. 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