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Increase in influenza cases in Quebec
Emergency rooms in the Quebec region are overflowing due to cases of influenza, COVID-19 and other viruses that are running at the moment.
Marie Maude Pontbriand
yesterday at 5:42 p.m.
Influenza infections are abnormally high in the Capitale-Nationale region for this time of year. As a result, hospital emergency rooms are overflowing.
While influenza consultations are normally at their peak in January and February, now the CIUSSSde la Capitale-Nationale is noting more cases at the moment than at the beginning of the year.
The CIUSSS registers five times more consultations these days for symptoms of influenza than there were in January. An unprecedented situation specifies the medical assistant to the director of public health at the CIUSSS of the Capitale-Nationale, Jacques Girard.
We are currently living with what is called a situation of high pressure on our hospital system , reports Dr. Girard, stressing that COVID-19, influenza and the other viruses present at the moment are to blame for the situation.
“ We need to relieve the pressure on the emergency services right now. »
— A quote from Jacques Girard, medical assistant to the director of public health at the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale
Avoid emergencies
'The University Hospitalde Québec asks parents not to rush to the emergency room if their child has flu-like symptoms. He suggests consulting the self-diagnosis guide first(New window) from the Gouvernement du Québec or contact the Info-santé telephone line.
Pediatrician Josée Anne Gagnon also points out that the majority of parents who come to the emergency room with their child with the flu are sent home once reassured.
Parents of children aged 4 and over could, for example, when the child is in good general condition, wait before consulting to see if the fever will persist. On average, we will say to consult when it has been more than 4 days.
The peak of this late wave of influenza has not yet been reached. The virus would still have a few more weeks. Pediatrician Gagnon believes that the mild temperatures of the next few days could help flatten the curve.
With the collaboration of Pierre-Alexandre Bolduc
Increase in influenza cases in Quebec
Emergency rooms in the Quebec region are overflowing due to cases of influenza, COVID-19 and other viruses that are running at the moment.
Marie Maude Pontbriand
yesterday at 5:42 p.m.
Influenza infections are abnormally high in the Capitale-Nationale region for this time of year. As a result, hospital emergency rooms are overflowing.
While influenza consultations are normally at their peak in January and February, now the CIUSSSde la Capitale-Nationale is noting more cases at the moment than at the beginning of the year.
The CIUSSS registers five times more consultations these days for symptoms of influenza than there were in January. An unprecedented situation specifies the medical assistant to the director of public health at the CIUSSS of the Capitale-Nationale, Jacques Girard.
We are currently living with what is called a situation of high pressure on our hospital system , reports Dr. Girard, stressing that COVID-19, influenza and the other viruses present at the moment are to blame for the situation.
“ We need to relieve the pressure on the emergency services right now. »
— A quote from Jacques Girard, medical assistant to the director of public health at the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale
Avoid emergencies
'The University Hospitalde Québec asks parents not to rush to the emergency room if their child has flu-like symptoms. He suggests consulting the self-diagnosis guide first(New window) from the Gouvernement du Québec or contact the Info-santé telephone line.
Pediatrician Josée Anne Gagnon also points out that the majority of parents who come to the emergency room with their child with the flu are sent home once reassured.
Parents of children aged 4 and over could, for example, when the child is in good general condition, wait before consulting to see if the fever will persist. On average, we will say to consult when it has been more than 4 days.
The peak of this late wave of influenza has not yet been reached. The virus would still have a few more weeks. Pediatrician Gagnon believes that the mild temperatures of the next few days could help flatten the curve.
With the collaboration of Pierre-Alexandre Bolduc
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