As much as 20 per cent of the STARS air ambulance workforce in Calgary is not reporting to work due to illness.
The paramedics have been on strike since April 1. The B.C. government introduced legislation this week that would impose a contract and require them to return to work.
Some soldiers rushed to treat their injured colleagues by ripping their uniforms into makeshift bandages to treat their wounds.
Authorities said a 31-year-old Detroit man who was stranded at a southeast Michigan hospital face charges after he stole an ambulance.
"We remain quite concerned about the patterns that we're seeing," Fukuda said during a press briefing Thursday.
The pilot of the Eurocopter AS 350 lost control while trying to land at San Carlos's Cutter airport.