Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary and the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton are battling a wave of viral illnesses including influenza, RSV and common cold viruses.
Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary and the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton are battling a deluge of viral illnesses including influenza, RSV and common cold viruses."This is by far the busiest pediatric emergency departments across the country have probably ever been," said Dr. Stephen Freedman, a professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Stephen Freedman is a professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine.The number of children triaged at ACH as needing urgent, emergent and critical care jumped by 24 per cent in September compared to the same month in 2021, according to Alberta Health Services.Pediatric hospital admissions are up too, according to AHS.
Dr. Sam Wong is president of the section of pediatrics with the Alberta Medical Association. He works at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton."We have seen very sick children coming into all of our emergency departments in Calgary with remarkably low levels of oxygen caused by the RSV virus," said Lang, the head of emergency medicine in the Calgary zone.
First, with COVID-related public health measures in place for so long, there are large groups of children who haven't been exposed to viruses and may be more susceptible. "I think it's unlikely that either perspective is completely right. I think SARS-CoV-2 … like a lot of other pathogens … can lead to people being more susceptible to other things happening afterwards," he said.
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