Remote Manitoba First Nation with no ambulance service gets new emergency medical response vehicle [Video]

A remote First Nation in eastern Manitoba has a new emergency response vehicle to move people in need of medical treatment.

People in Poplar River First Nation have previously been transported in the beds of pickup trucks or the backs of SUVs or vans.

“It was uncomfortable for the patients in our community,” said Poplar River fire Chief Willard Bittern, who helped spearhead efforts to get the medical truck that arrived in the community earlier this month.

The isolated First Nation of around 1,200 people on the northeast shore of Lake Winnipeg now needs approval from the province before it can put the vehicle to full use. 

The Southeast Resource Development Council, …