19-12-2017 03:46 via vancouversun.com

Calls for changes to PTSD coverage in B.C.

Richmond Fire-Rescue Captain Bryan Kongus was remembered at his Monday funeral as a husband and father, a friend and a brother, a hero, and the latest of all too many first responders to die after living with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Kongus’s full honours funeral for his line of duty death comes in advance of an expected move by the province to simplify the process for first responders to make claims of PTSD.
WorkSafeBC, a provincial agency that pays compensation for employment
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