Toddler taken to hospital after putting needle in her mouth
Ottawa paramedics say the two-year-old girl was taken to CHEO as a 'precaution' after she was found with a needle inside her mouth Saturday at a west-of-downtown park.
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![On Tuesday, the Montfort Hospital and the Ottawa Paramedic Service announced the extension of the pilot, which began in June until September. The goal of the program is to free up paramedics — often stuck waiting for a physician to see their patient — to get back behind the wheel. The back of an Ottawa ambulance. In the top right of the image, the logo for the Montfort hospital can be seen.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6645344.1707687422!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/montfort-hospital-and-the-ottawa-paramedic-service-pilot-nov-8-2022.jpg)
Ottawa paramedics say the two-year-old girl was taken to CHEO as a 'precaution' after she was found with a needle inside her mouth Saturday at a west-of-downtown park.