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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...s-plugs-up-manitoba-emergency-rooms-1.2885248 Spike in flu cases plugs up Manitoba emergency rooms
Prairie Mountain Regional Health Authority seeing increase in flu cases, symptom reporting
CBC News Posted: Dec 29, 2014 8:05 AM CT Last Updated: Dec 29, 2014 12:49 PM CT
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It appears a lot of Manitobans got the same thing for Christmas this year: the flu.
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) tweeted Monday morning that emergency rooms at Winnipeg hospitals are "very busy" with people showing flu and influenza-type illnesses. In fact, the WRHA set a new record for the highest number of ER visits in one day. About 900 people were seen on Saturday at the city's hospitals. Typically, the average daily number of visitors is 750.
Wait times at the hospitals varied throughout the weekend, reaching up to eight hours for non-urgent cases at one point.
The WRHA has extended the operating hours at its QuickCare Clinics and is advising people with non-urgent flu-like symptoms to visit one of those locations or the Misericordia Urgent Care Centre. The wait times likely won't be as long and that will also ease the pressure in the ERs...
Prairie Mountain Regional Health Authority seeing increase in flu cases, symptom reporting
CBC News Posted: Dec 29, 2014 8:05 AM CT Last Updated: Dec 29, 2014 12:49 PM CT
al links.)
It appears a lot of Manitobans got the same thing for Christmas this year: the flu.
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) tweeted Monday morning that emergency rooms at Winnipeg hospitals are "very busy" with people showing flu and influenza-type illnesses. In fact, the WRHA set a new record for the highest number of ER visits in one day. About 900 people were seen on Saturday at the city's hospitals. Typically, the average daily number of visitors is 750.
Wait times at the hospitals varied throughout the weekend, reaching up to eight hours for non-urgent cases at one point.
The WRHA has extended the operating hours at its QuickCare Clinics and is advising people with non-urgent flu-like symptoms to visit one of those locations or the Misericordia Urgent Care Centre. The wait times likely won't be as long and that will also ease the pressure in the ERs...