The prime minster says he is \u0022extremely worried\u0022 about a rise in respiratory illnesses among children.
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Dr. Shazma Mithani, an emergency room doctor at both the Stollery Children’s Hospital and Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, says the temporary closure of a pediatric hospice in that city is “tragic” as staff are being diverted to a children’s hospital.tap here to see other videos from our team“It means that kids who are dying are not getting the palliative and comfort care that they deserve and need, and that acute care is taking priority over that,” Mithani says.
“It’s funding for things like increasing vaccinations, increasing staffing in pediatric centres just to off-load the emergency departments.”
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