Health Minister Michelle Thompson said the Department of Health and Wellness is working to help the IWK with the ongoing high volumes of children going to the emergency department. As Yvette d’Entremont reported earlier Wednesday, the IWK emergency department is seeing high volumes of visits this spring. In an interview, Dr. Katrina Hurley, chief of […]
Chief of the IWK emergency department says hospital facing ‘unknown territory’ as visits reach record numbers
The chief of the IWK Health Centre’s emergency department says the volume of visits is skyrocketing and she’s worried things are heading into “unknown territory.” “The volume in our department is literally off the charts. It is much higher than is typical for this time of year, and in fact it’s almost the highest volume […]