A mother and 3 children -- including a baby -- were not allowed to be taken to the McAdam Health Care Centre yesterday after a fire in a home, because it is against Ambulance NB's policy to take a patient to a clinic rather than a hospital.
McAdam Mayor Frank Carroll is frustrated with the policy.
He says they are a rural community, with bad travel conditions, and that makes it difficult in emergency situations.
He says what is not acceptable, is not using the best possible services available, to respond in the best possible way.
ANB confirms the policy, however the decision to change it is in Health Minister Madeline Dube's hands, not theirs.
The minister was unable to be reached for comment.
