CHEO is warning of a difficult holiday season as the number and severity of cases of the flu and respiratory viruses surge in the capital.
New numbers released from CHEO show children and youth are coming through the hospital in record numbers this fall.
Hui says the ICU and hospital continue to feel unprecedented demands. “CHEO is at overcapacity, and has been since in early the fall. Influenza arrived early last month and all indicators show that there is steep, steep rise in influenza in the community right now.” Hui says the flu can be much more severe in children saying there are 12,000 hospital admissions per year in Canada and 3,500 deaths every year.
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