Media Advisory
August 21, 2023

Toronto Paramedic Services (TPS) Acting Chief Bikram Chawla and other City of Toronto officials will welcome 18 new Primary Care Paramedics to the City at a ceremony tomorrow. Media are invited to attend.

The graduation ceremony marks the completion of a comprehensive nine-week orientation and training program for the recruits. TPS Acting Chief Chawla will present the graduation certificates and provide formal remarks to the graduates who will be deployed across Toronto, providing outstanding pre-hospital care to the city’s residents and visitors.

Date: Tuesday, August 22
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Toronto Emergency Services Headquarters, 4330 Dufferin St.
Note: Parking for media is available in the nearby church parking lot located at the end of Lodestar Road. There is no entrance to the Headquarters building directly off Dufferin Street.

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Dineen Robinson
Toronto Paramedic Services
416-338-7598