A representative from Split Lake is pleading for a full scale ambulance service.

At Tuesday’s Northern Health Region annual meeting in Flin Flon, the representative said they currently have a truck that takes patients over rough roads to Thompson. They also expressed the community’s need for a personal care home and dialysis unit.

Chief Executive Officer Helga Bryant said the NHR has been advocating with the province for an ambulance and said she would raise the other issues.

A Flin Flon resident asked about contamination at the hospitals, referencing an incident where girls who had been hit with pepper spray, were denied entry to a hospital.

Bryant said new emergency rooms will have a decontamination room, adding that they will continue to care for patients as best as possible, with other patients in mind.