US EditionKootenay mayor calls for air ambulance at Cranbrook airport
- Kootenay mayor David Wilks called for a permanent air ambulance base at Cranbrook airport after a patient died in January 2025 at East Kootenay Regional Hospital.
- The call follows a failed transfer when BC Emergency Health Services assured air transport would arrive but the aircraft never came, worsening access to higher acuity care.
- Wilks criticized political disputes in Victoria delaying solutions and highlighted Cranbrook as a 'forgotten corner' where patients can no longer routinely access Alberta facilities.
- He emphasized the urgent necessity for reliable air transport and the assurance that it will be available when requested, also pointing out that traveling to Kelowna for medical care takes six hours under good conditions.
- Wilks urged ending political grandstanding to establish air ambulance service, possibly by partnering with Calgary-based STARS as backup during BCEHS resource shortages.
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