Respiratory illnesses have overwhelmed children's hospitals across the province over the past two months
TORONTO — The flu season may have peaked in Ontario, and that should relieve some pressure on children's hospitals in the near future, the province's top doctor said Thursday.
Major pediatric hospitals have cancelled surgeries in order to redeploy staff to help out intensive care units and emergency departments. Moore said there has also been a slight decrease in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, circulating, although he warned that virus will persist for months and continue to put pressure on children's hospitals.
That average hit a peak of 1,264 children visiting an ER on Nov. 11, compared to the historical seven-day average of 505 children visiting the ER, data from Acute Care Enhanced Surveillance, a real-time Ontario-wide system that monitors hospital registration records, show. He said he expects a sharp decrease for the flu to continue if it behaves like it did in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere in their winters.
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