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This article focuses on the increased number of in patients at Headwaters due to the H3N2 flu outbreak.
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More area residents arebeing hit with the flu thannormal for this time ofyear, with most of thecases being a new strain,to which children under 4and seniors over 65 areparticularly susceptible.
Locally, HeadwatersHealth Care Centre reportsa significant increase inpatients turning up at itsemergency departmentwith flu-like symptoms.
“We have seen an over-all increase in Emergencyvisits in the past severalweeks,” said Ann Cain,Manager, Public Relationsat Headwaters Health CareCentre. “The last twoweeks of December wesaw a 57 per cent increasein patients coming to theEmergency Department
with cough, fever or flu-like symptoms.”
She noted that althoughthese patients displayedflu-like symptoms theywere not necessarily alldiagnosed with influenza.
Dr. Vinita Dubey,Associate Medical Officerof Health for TorontoPublic Health, told theToronto Sun that at thistime of year normally thenumber of flu cases wouldhave peaked, but the num-ber is still on the rise.
Dr. James Downey,infection control officerfor Toronto East GeneralHospital, told the Sun that,based on a five-year aver-age, the number of patientscoming in with chestsymptoms has almost dou-bled, causing a problemwith resources.
Dr. Nicola Mercer,Medical Officer of Health
at Wellington, Dufferin,Guelph Public Health(WDGPH), all of the peo-ple who have been diag-nosed with the flu in theDufferin area have con-tracted the H3N2 strain.
She commented thathospitals in the area,including Headwaters, areall busier than they nor-mally are at this time of theyear.
“The flu season can runas early as October and lastuntil late June,” she said.
The flu season is differ-ent every year. Dr. Mercersaid that last year therewas a spike in people get-ting the H1N1 (“swine”)
flu, and this year a spike iscoming in the middle ofthe season when the levelof outbreak is normallyconsistent.
According to Dr.Mercer, the H3N2 strain isslightly different fromH1N1 in its composition.The symptoms are also dif-ferent in their severity.H3N2 symptoms includepeople getting sicker thanthey are with other strainsof the flu, which is why itis especially important foryoung children, seniorsand people who arealready sick to protectthemselves.
“I believe we aren’t
over this yet,” said Dr.Mercer. “We will see acontinued increase.”
She stated that we arealso seeing a decrease inthe number of health careworkers who are beingimmunized, noting thatcan be especially danger-ous in long-term-carehomes because of the con-stant exposure seniors getfrom workers and visitors.
She said physicians aregenerally good at gettingtheir immunization shotsbut other health care work-ers are not doing as well.
Dr. Mercer said thatsince the flu shot is aninactive vaccine, contain-
ing killed influenza virus,you don’t risk getting sickfrom it.
The vaccine is generallyeffective within two weeksof administration. Its effec-tiveness is dependent on
the extent of the matchbetween the virus strainsused in the preparation ofthe vaccine and thoseviruses that are currently incirculation.
Symptoms to look out
for include fever, muscleaches, chills and coughs.People with these symp-toms could bee looking atone to two weeks forrecovery.
Dr. Mercer said thereare a lot of myths sur-rounding immunizationand it is important to makesure the public has accessto the right information.
“When it comes to get-ting the flu shot if you arearound people who havecancer or another sickness,young children or seniorsyou should consider get-ting the shot not just foryourself, but to protectthem from getting sick.”
By LINDSEY PAPP
Staff Reporter
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Contributed PhotoFIRST OF 2011: Shown here with her parents,Lauren Catharine Elson (eight pounds twoounces), was the year’s first arrival atHeadwaters Health Care Centre. The third childof Caren and Dave Elson of Caledon arrived at1:54 p.m. on Sunday, January 2. A photo sent tous, with the correct information on the Elsonarrival and published in last week’s issue, wasactually the hospital’s Christmas baby, CadenceElliott, born to Melanie and Dave Elliott ofHillsburgh at 11:52 a.m. on Christmas Day,weighing eight pounds, four ounces.
H3N2 flu cases taxing Headwaters ER
For reasons it won’tdisclose, parent companySobeys Inc. has confirmedit will be closing its PriceChoppers supermarket inOrangeville’s FairgroundsShopping Centre.
The closure, scheduledfor Feb. 5, will affect 50full- and part-timeemployees.
Explaining that thecompany “does not dis-cuss business decisions,”Sobeys spokespersonTracy Chisholm added
that “this is a decision wedon’t make lightly.
“We are looking foropportunities for theemployees within our net-work of stores.”
Ms. Chisholm said shewas unaware of any plansfor the building once PriceChopper leaves the prem-ises.
This is the third super-market to open and closein the same building. PriceChopper has occupied thebuilding since 2005.
Price Chopper to close next month