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ER doctor concerned by rise in dangerous respiratory virus in N.S. children
'It's probably taking up at least 20% of the patients I see on a shift,' says Dr. Katrina Hurley
Cassie Williams · CBC News · Posted: Dec 04, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
A top doctor at Nova Scotia's children's hospital is concerned about the jump in the number of young children she's seeing infected with a potentially dangerous virus.
"I'd say that it's probably taking up at least 20 per cent of the patients I see on a shift," said Dr. Katrina Hurley, chief physician at the IWK's emergency department.
Hurley said there were no confirmed cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in Nova Scotia last year because COVID-19 precautions work to prevent other viruses...
ER doctor concerned by rise in dangerous respiratory virus in N.S. children
'It's probably taking up at least 20% of the patients I see on a shift,' says Dr. Katrina Hurley
Cassie Williams · CBC News · Posted: Dec 04, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
A top doctor at Nova Scotia's children's hospital is concerned about the jump in the number of young children she's seeing infected with a potentially dangerous virus.
"I'd say that it's probably taking up at least 20 per cent of the patients I see on a shift," said Dr. Katrina Hurley, chief physician at the IWK's emergency department.
Hurley said there were no confirmed cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in Nova Scotia last year because COVID-19 precautions work to prevent other viruses...
