The Paris Independent
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December 16, 2023
H E A LT H C A R E N E W S County of Brant Fire Department to receive $1.38 million in provincial funding to modernize 9-1-1 service MEDIA RELEASE- On December supporting municipalities and 9-1-1 call using device-based GPS th 13 , Brantford-Brant MPP Will communication centres to transition to coordinates and for users to text Bouma announced a comprehensive a strong and effective NG 9-1-1 directly to 9-1-1 which will support package of funding to the County of technology that keeps communities rapid and effective emergency Brant Fire Department, City of safe for years to come. responses and address coroner inquest Brantford Fire Department and Specifically, the County of Brant Fire recommendations – specifically Brantford Police Service to upgrade Department will receive $1,382,501, related to these abilities. and modernize to the Next Generation Brantford Police Service will receive Ontario is committed to supporting 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) service in the $834,136.00 and the Brantford Fire the sector’s transition to NG9-1-1. The community. Department will receive $481,111.00. government is focused on information “The current 9-1-1 systems are built NG 9-1-1 will improve both the user gathering and engagement with sector on old analog voice technology and and provider experience. Emergency partners to inform the development aging physical infrastructure with operators, dispatchers and and sustainability of a high quality 9limited capabilities”, said Bouma. communicators are heroes of public 1-1 telecommunications framework. “Picture your mother’s old rotary safety, and putting modern 9-1-1 The NG9-1-1 Transition Support phones…that is the current technology at their fingertips will Funding will help ensure current 9-1-1 technology. We look forward to a allow for faster deployment of first communication centres transition to world-class 9-1-1 system as our first responders and better protect the NG 9-1-1by the CRTC’s deadline of responder partners implement the new, people of Ontario. March 2025. advanced digital networks”. Features of NG9-1-1 such as the Ontario’s Ministry of the Solicitor ability for 9-1-1 communication General has taken a leadership role in centres to identify the location of a
Community has raised three quarters of the $8 million required for the BGH Emergency Department renovation SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE (BRANT COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM) - The BGH Emergency Department is our area’s leading provider of emergency medical care and services for Brantford, Brant County, Six Nations of The Grand River, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and surrounding areas. To date, the Foundation has raised three-quarters of the $8 million needed for the Emergency Department Renovation Improvement Project. The final stretch – ‘2023
Hope for Healthcare Campaign’ is underway for the remaining $2 million. This year, every donation up to $100,000 to the ‘2023 Hope for Healthcare Campaign’ will be matched by Mott Manufacturing in Brantford. “Our employees and their families, and indeed our entire community deserve the absolute best in healthcare, which is why we stand shoulder to shoulder with the Brant Community Healthcare System Foundation” says Ed Seegmiller,
President & CEO, Mott Manufacturing. Dr. Lee Ferrao, Chair of the BCHS Foundation, shares that “this is an exciting time for healthcare in our community. Every one of us can help transform our emergency department with critically needed patient care equipment.” To contribute to the 2023 Hope for Healthcare Campaign, please visit www.bchsysfoundation.org Read the full Hospital Insider: https://shorturl.at/uQWX6
