Mark Tyndall: Ambulance Services

Hospital Services Dept: The following services to refugees fleeing unsafe countries will only be provided if they are of an " urgent or essential nature :" Hospital services. Services of a doctor or registered nurse. Laboratory, diagnostic and ambulance services. Medications and vaccines only when needed to prevent or treat a disease posing a risk to public health or a condition of public safety concern, according to CBC. Mark Tyndall, head of infectious diseases at the Ottawa Hospital, was reacting to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's announcement last week that the government will make changes to the Interim Federal Health Program IFHP , effective June 30, as part of the 2012 budget cuts and an Ottawa doctor worries planned changes to Canada's federal health program for refugees could leave many seeking emergency care if the provinces don't step up to the plate. Source: CIC (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.