MLA Pat Pimm
was at the Fort St. John Fire Department today to present plaques
of the recently introduced "Right to Know" legislation. The local Fire
Department, along with the Taylor Fire Department, Charlie Lake Fire
Department, B.C. Ambulance and RCMP were all given copies of the
Emergency Intervention Disclosure Act.
"If you're dealing with people who are at high-risk, there's always a chance of us getting affected by their medical problems, so this gives us the ability to find out whether we should start special treatment for whatever they may already have contracted."
He says before this legislation was in place, it would be a "long, tough fight" to find out if that person had a communicable disease like Hepatitis or HIV. Without knowing what that person may have, the worker could go on a cocktail of medications almost immediately, simply as a precaution. Darryl Key, Fort St. John's Paramedic Chief, says that although cases like that are rare in rural locations like the Peace Region, it gives workers piece of mind. (more)
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