The Ontario government investigated 26 deaths involving its troubled air ambulance service over the past six years, secret government documents show.
The deaths were related to 145 incidents involving Ornge since 2007 that were investigated by the Ministry of Health, according to the confidential papers obtained by the Progressive Conservatives.
Chief coroner Andrew McCallum said Friday that his office has investigated all of the Ornge cases brought to its attention, and some investigations are still ongoing.
"Of our completed investigations, there have been no cases in which issues with air ambulance transportation materially affected the course of the patient's illness or injury," McCallum said.
Forty of the incidents -- five of which involved the death of a patient -- were opened this year, after the government installed new leadership at Ornge.......
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