Code Orange: Behind the Ottawa Hospital’s response to the OC Transpo bus crash
Trauma surgeon Dr. Jacinthe Lampron was on her way to pick up her daughter from daycare Friday afternoon when she heard the news on her car radio: A bus had crashed into Westboro station; many were injured.
Lampron called the The Ottawa Hospital and was told it was about to declare Code Orange — a code reserved for disasters and other major events with a significant number of serious injuries.
The last Code Orange had been declared in September 2013 when a VIA Rail train collided with an O
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