Respiratory cases climb at B.C. Children’s Hospital emergency room
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital reports a steady rise in children visiting the emergency room with respiratory symptoms.
- Approximately 44 percent of total visits from children to the emergency department involve respiratory illness.
- The hospital has implemented measures to help patient flow, expand in-patient beds, and increase staff as available.
- Dr. Garth Meckler stated that busy emergency departments focus on urgent issues, leading to longer wait times for less urgent cases.
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Consider care options before bringing kids to ER with respiratory issues: B.C. Children's Hospital
As B.C. Children's Hospital experiences a regular annual spike in children arriving at the emergency department with respiratory symptoms, medical experts are cautioning that wait times could increase.
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Jump in number of respiratory cases at B.C. Children’s Hospital emergency room
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital says it’s seen a steady rise in the number of children coming in with respiratory symptoms. The hospital says in a statement that about 44 per cent of total visits from children to the emergency department involve respiratory illness. It says families need to consider their care options, including everything from calling 911 if a child has difficulty breathing to calling 811 for health advice an…
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