RSV maintains grip on Manitoba health hubs
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RSV rates remain high in Manitoba, as 25 babies and toddlers were hospitalized last week with the viral respiratory illness.
Patient volumes in the pediatric intensive care unit at Health Sciences Centre, however, are coming back to normal levels, according to figures released Jan. 18 by Shared Health.
There were eight patients in the Winnipeg pediatric ICU (which has a baseline capacity of nine beds), and there were 40 in the 50-bed neonatal ICU, as of Wednesday morning.
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RSV rates remain high in Manitoba, as 25 babies and toddlers were hospitalized last week with the viral respiratory illness.
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus spiked this year after being relatively dormant earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic.
There were 42 cases reported last winter, and only one in 2020-21, Shared Health said.
So far this fall/winter, RSV has caused a dramatic surge in hospitalizations. There were 261 patients admitted with RSV over the past 3 1/2 months, compared with 176 patients admitted just before the pandemic started, from fall 2019 to January 2020.
No surgeries were cancelled due to a lack of capacity in the Children’s Hospital this week, but protocols will remain in place in case surgeries have to be postponed for that reason in the future, Shared Health stated.
Patient volumes in the Children’s Hospital emergency department appear to be declining, but for adults at HSC, they’re rising: currently averaging 151.3 per day in January, compared with December’s daily average of 137.7.
In the children’s ER, the daily average patient number was 118.6, compared with 130.1 in December.
