B.C. Children's Hospital has activated emergency triage to manage a mounting volume of patients with respiratory illness, including flu and COVID-19, B.C.'s health minister has confirmed.
Health minister says emergency operations centres set up months ago have been activatedB.C.
Children’s Hospital's emergency department is seeing more visits due to respiratory illnesses. Prior to April 2021, there were 135 visits per day. Now the ED averages 142-150 visits per day — up 20% when compared to this time last year.
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