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    Lack of medical care and medicine, Canadian hospitals are struggling to cope with the "tide of illness" of children

    • Last Update: 2023-01-05
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    As temperatures drop, Canada's children with respiratory diseases have recently increased rapidly, and a large number of children have poured into hospitals, straining already understaffed hospitals
    .
    Due to the shortage of pediatricians, doctors from other departments had to be dispatched for emergencies
    .
    Paediatric wards in many hospitals are overcrowded, and some children have had to be admitted to adult wards
    .
     
    In Ontario, Canada's most populous province, spokespeople for several hospitals confirmed that they had received instructions
    to increase pediatric capacity by at least 50 per cent.
     
    Ronald Cohen, chief executive of Toronto Children's Hospital, Canada's largest children's hospital, told Reuters that the number of sick children pouring into the hospital was "unprecedented.
    "
    The East Ontario Children's Hospital in the capital Ottawa opened its second pediatric intensive care unit last week to accommodate more critically ill children
    .
     
    Tehsin Rada, a pediatrician in Edmonton, Alberta, said she met a child who waited seven hours in the emergency room without seeing a doctor, returned home with worsening symptoms and was returned to the hospital
    by ambulance.
    Other children also went back and forth to the hospital
    many times because of worsening symptoms.
     
    "I don't know how things will get better, and I don't see the end
    yet.
    " Rada said
    .
     
    Earlier this month, the Quebec government opened a pediatric triage hotline that has so far received more than 10,000 calls
    .
    British Columbia has created a new task force to manage pediatric medical resources in response to today's high demand
    .
    Children's Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba's largest city
    , called for pediatricians to work overtime while sending doctors from other departments to help in the pediatric intensive care unit.
     
    Jason Hahn, executive vice president of patient care at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre in Ontario, said the facility is trying to increase the capacity of the children's ward to 200 per cent and the pediatric intensive care unit to 150 per cent, and is training medical staff
    .
     
    "We have very limited staff, so there's a lot of work," Hahn said, "and when the health system is overburdened, there's always a concern that
    patients may not be able to get treatment as soon as they need them.
    " ”
     
    Canada's public healthcare system is currently understaffed
    .
    Reuters believes that this is partly due to the extreme fatigue of medical staff during the pandemic, and on the other hand, it is also related
    to the chronic underfunding of the public health system.
     
    The shortage of over-the-counter drugs for Canadian children is also one of the reasons why large numbers of
    children flock to hospitals.
    The Canadian government said on the 18th that it has approved three applications for the import of antipyretic drugs for children, and is looking for alternative sources
    of amoxicillin for children.
     
    Canada has now lifted almost all coronavirus restrictions
    .
    However, Canadian doctors urge people to wear masks to avoid infection
    during the cold, flu and new crown season.
    A poll conducted last week by the Canadian Television Network and Nanos Research showed that 70 per cent of respondents supported a "mandatory mask order"
    .
    (Liu Xiuling)
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