Tonka
Well-known member
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/11/01/man-h1n1-respirators.html
Spike in patients needing ventilators
Last Updated: Sunday, November 1, 2009 | 4:50 PM CT Comments6Recommend4.
CBC News
Winnipeg hospitals are experiencing a slight increase in patients with severe respiratory problems but only one case is linked to swine flu, health officials said Sunday.
Currently, nine people in city hospitals need ventilators to breathe because of severe respiratory illness, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority spokeswoman Heidi Graham said Sunday.
There are usually about six to seven patients on ventilators for respiratory illnesses this time of year.
Of those patients, one is a confirmed case of the H1N1 flu, she said.
Five others have tested negative for the virus and a further three are awaiting test results, Graham said.
An upswing in patients with severe respiratory illnesses is normal and anticipated at this time of the year, Graham said.
At the height of the first wave of the H1N1 flu, in the spring, 38 patients with the virus were on ventilators.
Spike in patients needing ventilators
Last Updated: Sunday, November 1, 2009 | 4:50 PM CT Comments6Recommend4.
CBC News
Winnipeg hospitals are experiencing a slight increase in patients with severe respiratory problems but only one case is linked to swine flu, health officials said Sunday.
Currently, nine people in city hospitals need ventilators to breathe because of severe respiratory illness, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority spokeswoman Heidi Graham said Sunday.
There are usually about six to seven patients on ventilators for respiratory illnesses this time of year.
Of those patients, one is a confirmed case of the H1N1 flu, she said.
Five others have tested negative for the virus and a further three are awaiting test results, Graham said.
An upswing in patients with severe respiratory illnesses is normal and anticipated at this time of the year, Graham said.
At the height of the first wave of the H1N1 flu, in the spring, 38 patients with the virus were on ventilators.