Child health crises: 7 children resuscitated with CHEO.Ford and Caucus called for not wearing masks
CHEO President Alex Munter posted on social media Tuesday morning.
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The CEO of CHEO issued another plea to the public to prevent the spread of the respiratory virus after hospital staff resuscitated seven sick children in the past two days.
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Resuscitation is a life-saving procedure for patients suffering from respiratory distress.
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CHEO President Alex Munter posted on social media Tuesday morning.
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Hospitals are flooded with children infected with respiratory viruses, mainly RSV and influenza, and COVID-19.
Munter said there were “calls” from public health officials and pediatricians for Ontario residents to wear masks, get their COVID-19 and flu shots, stay home when sick, and wash their hands frequently. asked the public to listen to
On Monday, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kieran Moore, strongly recommended wearing masks in both indoor public places and social settings to protect young children.
He said sniffing parents should also wear masks at home to prevent the spread of the disease to their children, who could contract more serious respiratory viruses.
Children’s hospitals are struggling to cope. In the state’s worst-hit CHEO, the patient and her ICU beds are full, long waits in the emergency department, and surgeries delayed or cancelled.
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The state plans to create more space by expanding the number of pediatric beds and moving some teenagers to adult hospitals.
The CHEO opened a new ICU unit last week, borrowing staff from other areas of the hospital.
Most people who get sick with RSV are children under the age of five, including many babies who have trouble breathing.
Doug Ford accuses Conservative politician of not wearing a mask
Prime Minister Doug Ford and a majority of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party caucuses were criticized by the opposition NDP for not wearing masks in the Ontario legislature, a day after Dr. Moore strongly recommended wearing masks in indoor spaces. condemned.
Fewer than 10 members of the PC caucus appeared to wear masks. Health Secretary Sylvia Jones was among them, but Ford was not.
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At a scrum with reporters, a masked Jones defended the majority of his Progressive Conservative colleagues in Parliament not wearing masks, saying it was a personal choice.
At an unrelated press conference on Sunday, Ford said his government was following Dr. Moore’s recommendations and offered the following advice to Ontario residents:
“First, always wear a mask whenever possible. Second, get vaccinated if you haven’t, and get a flu shot. These are the recommendations I have. is.”
Ottawa Health Physician Praises State
Ottawa health doctor Dr Vera Etches on Tuesday was pleased that Moore strongly recommended wearing a mask indoors and is willing to take further action to stop the spread of respiratory disease. He said
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Moore said Monday that he is monitoring the situation and may consider recommending mask mandates at daycares if the situation worsens.
Children under the age of four are most at risk, he said.
Etches, like other local public health officials, said mask mandates should come from states. However, Ottawa Public Health said it fully supports any business, workplace or organization that takes steps to encourage the wearing of masks.
The Ottawa Health Board has previously released publicly modeling data for what is already a very serious respiratory virus season, and has called for increased communication on vaccinations, masking and other measures to protect hospitals. I asked the state.
Pressure to Mandate Masks Increases
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As the crisis in children’s hospitals intensifies, states are coming under more pressure from some areas to reinstate mandatory masks.
The Liberal Party of Ontario has called for mandatory mask-wearing in schools and on public transport.
Hospitals are in danger, the party said in a statement, launching a public health campaign to promote immunizations, 10 days of paid sick leave for all Ontarians, and more to primary care, community agencies and long-term care facilities. funds, and also repealed the law.
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Masking in schools: Ottawa board ready to vote
Ottawa’s largest school board may hold an emergency meeting in the coming days to consider a motion to make mask-wearing mandatory.
The motion is being advocated by Dr. Nili Kaplan Maas, a family physician who has just been elected trustee of the Ottawa-Carlton District Board of Education.
A new board took over on Tuesday night, and Kaplan-Myrth urged the board to hold an emergency meeting. She drafted a motion requiring students and staff to wear surgical or N95 masks in all OCDSB buildings and board activities, except for music and performing arts instruction and sports where masks cannot be worn. did.
The Ottawa-Carlton board of directors opposed the Ontario Department of Education last April by passing a motion requiring students and staff to wear masks as the province plunged into another wave of COVID-19. did.
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The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has said that wearing a mask is an individual choice. The state government lifted mask requirements in most public places last March.
When asked about making masks mandatory again in schools on Monday, Moore said he does not have jurisdiction over school boards and could consult with local health officials.
The Department of Health later amended that statement to state that the chief medical officer of health can order masks in schools as well as local health units, but it is not up to individual school boards.
Three other Ottawa school boards have issued statements urging students and staff to follow the recommendations of public health officials and wear masks, but please note that decisions are personal.
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some parents are fed up
Some parents in Ottawa have been navigating the health system with young children in recent weeks, while others across Ontario have been abandoned by the state government for its failure to bring in mask mandates. Amy Greer, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Guelph, was among those who spoke up.
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Chief Medical Officer Dr. Moore’s advice for parents to wear masks at home to protect their children has made some parents and health experts nervous. that is.
In Toronto, a group of parents began organizing a rally in Queen’s Park on Thursday to send a message to the Ontario government.
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Meanwhile, Essex County in southwestern Ontario implemented mask mandates at its facilities beginning Tuesday.
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Painkiller for kids coming ‘soon’, says federal government
Meanwhile, parents are also facing a shortage of pain relievers for their children.
Health Canada officials have said pain relievers and fever reducers for children will be available soon, but did not disclose exact quantities or exact destinations.
Senior officials are answering questions before a House committee.Nervous parents with sick children in the hospital or at home are having trouble finding Tylenol and Advil for their children.
Chief Medical Advisor Dr Supriya Sharma said the first signs of supply problems appeared in April, but it wasn’t until August that companies warned that efforts to increase supplies were failing.
Lindsey Hollett, Director of Health Products Compliance at Health Canada, said a shipment of ibuprofen from the United States has arrived and an airfreight of acetaminophen from Australia will arrive in the next few weeks.
But Hollett said the government is still working with manufacturers to get permission to tell Canadians how many doses they’ve been given.
She also didn’t say where the drugs were going, but only said they were being distributed based on information from children’s hospitals about where they were most needed.
Using files from The Canadian Press
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CHEO Adds Second ICU
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The Ottawa-Carlton District School Board has been set to discuss making mask-wearing mandatory for a record number of children in Ontario hospitals
Child health crises: 7 children resuscitated with CHEO.Ford and Caucus called for not wearing masks
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