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Very Important Patients

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It doesn’t matter who you are. It doesn’t matter where you are. If you need critical care, our mission is to be there for you in whatever capacity we can help. Every one of our VIPs — Very Important Patients — has a unique story of how STARS was their best hope in a worst-case scenario. We are honoured to share some of their inspirational stories here.

If you are one of our VIPs and would like to meet your crew or share your story, please email us at vip@​stars.​ca.

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Draedon Faubert

Family rallies around 16-year-old Draedon Faubert after a motor vehicle accident early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Justeen Kolody

After being stranded for hours in her crushed vehicle, Justeen Kolody was found and rushed to hospital. Having lost a third of her blood, STARS was called to get her to a trauma center.

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Hilleree Valade-Kubar

STARS gets the call to transport a visiting Ontarian who suffered a heart attack while on a mountain road trip with her life-long friends.

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Cody Kerr

Cody was critically injured in a highway incident when he made the split-second decision to aim for the ditch instead of taking a head-on collision with a vehicle that veered into his lane. He's grateful for the STARS crew that came to his side. “These people saved my life,” he said.

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