91-Year-Old Woman Dies After Waiting 7 Hours for Montreal Ambulance

91-Year-Old Woman Dies After Waiting 7 Hours for Montreal Ambulance
Quebec's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Montreal paramedics say staff shortages are to blame after an ambulance took seven hours to respond over the weekend to a call involving a 91-year-old woman who died before they arrived.

Urgences-santé spokesman Stéphane Smith says the service received a call about a woman who fell and hurt her leg, adding that the call was categorized as Priority 4—which is not considered urgent.