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The parents of a Burnaby girl diagnosed with H1N1 say hospital procedure may have put more children in harms way.
A total of five students at Marlborough Elementary have been diagnosed with swine flue, prompting district officials to close the school for one week.
"The intent behind the closure is to be able to disrupt or break the transmission within the school," Dr. Larry Gustafson of the Fraser Health Authority said Wednesday.
But Burnaby mother Dayna, whose daughter is among the already infected, worries a lack of communication may have helped put children at risk.
When Dayna's daughter was taken to the B.C. Childrens' Hospital two weeks ago, she never imagined her daughter was carrying the H1N1 virus.
Hospital workers said she would get a prompt phone call back with her diagnosis -- but the hospital never called.
"Obviously I'm not a parent that would have sent her knowing that we were dealing with swine flu," she said.
And days later when the Fraser Health Authority called to inform the Dayna's family of her daughter's H1N1 diagnosis, it was too late - she had gone back to school.
The Childrens' Hospital says it followed correct procedures, and the local health authority is supposed to inform the family.
But procedures don't mean much to Dayna.
"If they're trying to really control it, then there really needs to be more, better information to the public and more awareness," she said.
Criteria set by the Ministry of Education requires a school building be closed for one week if any H1N1-diagnosed student or staff member attended school while infectious.
The school is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, June 24.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Stephen Smart
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