As a deadline to walk off the job set by doctors who work for the Lifeflight Manitoba Air Ambulance service looms, the union that represents other Lifeflight crew members says the Manitoba government is not meeting to discuss what it plans to do with the service. The Manitoba government issued a request for proposals to privatize the Lifeflight air ambulance and general transport services in July. (Travis Golby/CBC)Lifeflight provides air ambulance services to remote communities and inter-provincial trips for things like organ transplants and cardiac services. Friesen instead touted the government's Dec.13 promise to hire two new pilots for the air ambulance service and a $750,000 pledge to maintain the service's two Citation jets. The doctors who work for the Manitoba air ambulance service say the province must hire more pilots and fund annually required training for pilots, or they'll stop working on the private planes.

Source: CBC News December 30, 2018 12:33 UTC