On July 21, 2016, Sprague and Steinbach RCMP responded to a report of a unresponsive 5-year-old male youth, who had been located in the Vassar Pool by a passerby swimming with their own child.
The Manitoba government has released the report and recommendations of the Clinical Oversight Committee on the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) air ambulance service, led by Dr. Brian Postl.
On the advice of medical professionals, the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) air ambulance will resume responding to calls for emergency service effective immediately.
Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, says a decision or information about air-ambulance service is needed as it has now been more than two months since the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) helicopter was grounded.
On April 15, 2012, shortly before 6pm, Morris RCMP and EMS received a 911 call from a civilian advising that a group of ATV riders were lost in the bush in the RM of Stuartburn.
On March 31, 2012, just before 11am, the Powerview RCMP and local area EMS, along with the STARS Helicopter, were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover on Traverse Bay Road North in the RM of Victoria Beach.
A permanent Manitoba crew of 14 paramedics, nurses and pilots is now responding to emergency calls across the province with the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) helicopter ambulance.
