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EMAT
The Emergency Medical Assistance Team (EMAT) was established in 2004 as part of the provincial government's commitment to help safeguard the healthcare system from health emergencies, mass casualties and infectious diseases outbreaks. The EMAT is a 56-bed mobile field unit that can be deployed by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to any place in Ontario with road access. Deployment is based on an established set of criteria, including when a local health facility's (such as a hospital) does not have the capacity to respond to a health emergency. The EMAT is the first mobile medical field unit of its kind in Canada. For more information, please visit the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's web site. |
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