Physicians and health leaders are adapting their operations to ensure the system is there for those who need it as the holidays approach
, physicians and health leaders say they are adapting their operations to ensure the system is there for those who need it as the busy holidays approach.
Ontario has retooled its more than 80 COVID-19 assessment centres to deal with other types of respiratory illnesses as well. Now, people of any age can go to those centres to get rapid tests for COVID-19 and influenza. They can receive prescriptions for Tamiflu, an antiviral used to treat the flu. London Health Sciences has also asked anyone in the organization with pediatric experience to redeploy voluntarily to the pediatric emergency department, he said. The centre is delaying pediatric surgeries that require admission to the hospital.publicly release the number of children who have diedIn a news release last week, the B.C. government said it was aware of six such deaths in the province this season.
Dr. Tam also warned of a potential uptick in COVID-19 in the new year. Genetic sequencing data in recent weeks have shown a continued increase in the prevalence of immune-evasive COVID-19 variants, particularly BQ. 1 and BQ. 1.1, as variants of the previously dominant BA. 5 lineage decline, she said. This suggests, at minimum, Canada could see a slower decline and higher plateau in the number of infections and hospitalizations than in previous surges, she added.
Many who work in health care, both on the pediatric and adult sides, describe the past few months as unprecedented. There have been huge numbers of patients, they say, and a constant need to find on-the-spot solutions to ensure people continue to receive care.
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