Children's Hospitals

• Kids’ emergency rooms are crunched in Canada. What parents should know

  In just the past week, health officials in Alberta and Quebec have noted capacity issues at their hospitals with one official saying there were "a lot of kids being hospitalized."

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2023
  
• Ontario launches pilot project for children and youth with complex needs

  The program is intended to connect families to a team of health-care professionals, including doctors, social workers and behavioural consultants.

  Health

  Mar 9, 2023
  
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• Ontario children’s hospitals, health care orgs ask province for $371.5M

  The request comes just days after Ottawa laid out its offer to provinces and territories on federal funding of health care.

  Health

  Feb 14, 2023
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• Flu cases in Canada drop 38% in 1st week of January, data shows

  Cases of influenza are continuing to drop in Canada following a significant peak several weeks ago that swamped children’s hospitals and led to the declaration of a flu epidemic.

  Health

  Jan 13, 2023
• Canada’s health care facing ‘national crisis’ that can’t be solved by provinces: Singh

  Singh said the NDP is going to focus on trying to 'force this government to act' as doctors warn that children's hospitals are under severe strain.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2022
• Premiers demand ‘urgent’ meeting with Trudeau on health funding

  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canadians are “frustrated and frightened” by strains facing the country’s health system, but stressed focus on solutions, not dollars.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2022
• Flu surges on heels of RSV, COVID 19 to overwhelm children’s hospitals in Canada

  Pediatric hospitals across Ontario have for weeks reported surging admissions as they contend with a triple-threat of respiratory syncytial virus, the seasonal flu and COVID-19.

  Health

  Dec 5, 2022
• Alberta’s health minister says help is coming for children’s hospitals

  Jason Copping says help is on the way to deal with strain on the province's two children's hospitals as they deal with a rise in respiratory illnesses.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2022
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• ‘We were rushed into trauma’: A look inside Canada’s RSV and flu crisis

  Toddler Avery Harper is battling both RSV and the flu. The viral illnesses have hit young patients so hard that children's hospitals across the country have been overwhelmed. 

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2022
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• Americas should be on ‘alert’ as COVID, flu, RSV spread, health organization warns

  The Americas are experiencing a “triple threat” of respiratory illnesses with rising cases of COVID-19, flu and RSV, and all countries should be on “alert,” PAHO says.

  Health

  Nov 16, 2022