Pediatric

• Ontario boosts pediatric health care funding by $330M a year

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is announcing that the province will be spending an additional $330 million each year on pediatric health services.

  Politics

  Jul 19, 2023
  
• Narcan doses and EMS responses up across the board in Saskatoon

  Medavie Health Services West noted that pediatric calls were also on the rise, jumping up to 1,913 calls compared with 1,309 for kids aged 12 and under in 2021.

  Health

  Jan 4, 2023
  
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• Peterborough Regional Health Centre seeing higher-than-usual patient volumes in pediatric clinic

  Peterborough Regional Health Centre continues to see higher-than-normal patient volumes in its emergency department as well as its pediatric outpatient clinic.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2022
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• Cases of hand, foot and mouth disease on the rise among Manitoba kids

  Cases of hand, foot and mouth disease continue to rise among children in Manitoba and across the country, but an infectious disease specialist says it's not surprising.

  Health

  Jul 14, 2022
• LHSC to extend virtual pediatric urgent care clinic beyond pandemic

  The service currently provides families a chance to discuss a child condition's with a pediatric emergency room physician by video.

  Health

  Apr 22, 2022
• Quebec sees big rise in pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations during Omicron wave

  There have been 784 COVID-19-related hospitalizations of children under 10 since the start of the pandemic — two per cent of the total number of COVID-19 patients in the province.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2022
• Families & doctors share stories of ill and dying children on new website to help others

  Families caring for a dying or seriously ill child may find support and answers to their questions on the new website, CaringTogether.life.

  Health

  Oct 28, 2021
• Alberta logs 23 cases of pediatric inflammatory condition linked to COVID-19 infection

  As of mid-May, Alberta Health said there have been 23 confirmed cases of MIS-C since March 2020 and each case required hospitalization.

  Health

  May 28, 2021
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• Child cancer patient teaches doctors a valuable lesson — how to talk to kids

  A seven-year-old boy is teaching doctors how to talk to patients who are children.

  Features

  Apr 8, 2021
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• Campbellton hospital’s pediatrics and obstetrics unit unavailable until Nov. 13

  Campbellton Regional Hospital's pediatric and obstetrics services will be unavailable from Nov. 8, 2019 to Nov. 13, 2019, due to a lack of pediatrician. 

  Health

  Nov 7, 2019