Strain on Winnipeg children’s hospital has dropped, but officials say concerns remain

By: The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified:

Advertisement

Advertise with us

WINNIPEG - An official at the children's hospital in Winnipeg says the number of patients has dropped in recent days, but there are still concerns about the effects of the flu this winter.

Read this article for free:


By clicking the button above, an account will be created and you will begin to receive some of our recommended newsletters. You may opt out of any newsletter by visiting your Email and Communication Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of any email.

or

Already have an account? Log in here »

To continue reading, please subscribe:

Digital Subscription

One year of digital access for only $1.44 a week*

  • Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
  • Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
  • Access News Break, our award-winning app
  • Play interactive puzzles

*Billed as $5.77 plus GST every four weeks. After 52 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.

To continue reading, please subscribe:

Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional

$1 for the first 4 weeks*

  • Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
  • Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
  • Access News Break, our award-winning app
  • Play interactive puzzles
Start now

*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.

Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 06/12/2022 (1424 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

WINNIPEG – An official at the children’s hospital in Winnipeg says the number of patients has dropped in recent days, but there are still concerns about the effects of the flu this winter.

Dr. Karen Gripp, the medical director of the hospital’s emergency department, says the department is now seeing an average of 146 patients a day, down from an average of 170 in November.

She says Manitoba may be near the peak of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, but flu cases are still rising.

Gripp says the pediatric intensive care unit is still running above pre-pandemic baseline capacity.

She says influenza A numbers are still on an upswing and influenza B has not yet arrived this season.

She is urging everyone eligible for a flu shot to get one.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 6, 2022

Related Articles

Lower patient volumes at Children’s Hospital likely calm before expected storm, ER director says
Dr. Karen Gripp, emergency department medical director and section head at the Health Sciences Centre hospital, said admissions are still at the normal level and visits to the ER appear to be declining, at least temporarily. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Files)

Advertisement Advertise With Us

Report Error Submit a Tip

Advertisement

Learn more about Winnipeg Free Press Advertising solutions

More Stories

Ruth Bonneville / Free Press Manitoba Métis Federation President David Chartrand (left) and Babcock Canada CEO Tony March sign a memorandum of understanding on Thursday.

MMF teams with Babcock for aviation takeoff

Gabrielle Piché 3 minute read Preview

MMF teams with Babcock for aviation takeoff

Gabrielle Piché 3 minute read Yesterday at 9:36 PM CDT

Métis leadership’s hopes are flying high: the Manitoba Métis Federation aims to be the province’s next aerial firefighting contractor.

On Thursday, the MMF unveiled a business it’s launched with Babcock Canada, a mammoth aviation and engineering company.

The pair signed a memorandum of understanding and committed to work together long-term.

“What better connection would you want?” Chartrand said. “It’s (the) perfect partnership.”

Read
Yesterday at 9:36 PM CDT

Notable quotes from 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Sunday, Jul. 25, 2021

Correctional Services Canada is reopening prison farms. But in B.C., where it has no such programs, a wife and her late husband, who killed a man in a botched holdup, started Emma’s Acres, a unique prison farm she hopes to see expanded.

SUPPLIED Douglas Wayne Bowman, 62, was released from prison on Thursday after serving a lengthy sentence for uttering threats and two sexual assaults he committed at knifepoint, said the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit, a joint force of the Winnipeg Police Service and RCMP that keeps an eye on certain sex criminals. \

‘All females are at risk’: serial sex offender released from prison

Erik Pindera 4 minute read Preview

‘All females are at risk’: serial sex offender released from prison

Erik Pindera 4 minute read Yesterday at 1:43 PM CDT

Law enforcement are warning the public that a dangerous sex offender with a lengthy history of abusing women is expected to live in Winnipeg after his release from prison.

Douglas Wayne Bowman, 62, left prison on Thursday after serving a lengthy sentence for two sexual assaults he committed at knifepoint, said the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit, a joint force of the Winnipeg Police Service and RCMP that keeps an eye on certain sex criminals.

Bowman was handed the 14-year sentence in 2018, less six years time served, and designated a dangerous offender. Criminals deemed dangerous offenders are given indefinite federal sentences until parole officials decide it is safe enough to release them.

Now that he’s leaving prison, Bowman will be subject to a 10-year long-term supervision order, which allows corrections and parole officials to continue to monitor him in the community even though his sentence is complete.

Read
Yesterday at 1:43 PM CDT
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Aaron Webb dances with his friends Aleesha Gillette (left) and Joanna Colledge.

Must-see Folk Fest workshops

16 minute read Preview

Must-see Folk Fest workshops

16 minute read Thursday, Jul. 5, 2018

Workshops have always been an integral part of the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

They are magic-moment makers; a curated group of musicians — sometimes friends, sometimes strangers — on one stage playing together, supporting each other, creating something that will only exist for an hour or two. No one knows what will come out of the collaboration, but usually it’s something special.

When the Free Press spoke to Winnipeg Folk Festival artistic director Chris Frayer ahead of the lineup release in early March, he noted he would be paying some extra attention to workshops this year, as some of the special projects occurring during the past couple of festivals had pulled some of his attention away.

And with 37 workshops on the books, it would seem he followed through on his promise.

Read
Thursday, Jul. 5, 2018
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS files

Letters, June 9

7 minute read Preview

Letters, June 9

7 minute read Thursday, Jun. 9, 2022

Ryerson unfairly malignedRe: Ryerson renaming offers useful template (Opinion, June 7)

It is sad enough to learn of the demonization of Egerton Ryerson, but even more, it is infuriating to read that the process of misinterpreting history is regarded by some as a positive development in the process of reconciliation.

Ryerson revolutionized the school system in Ontario. He travelled extensively throughout Europe to determine what elements of a good educational system could be incorporated. His accomplishments included the introduction of standardized textbooks, organization of colleges to train teachers, insistence on no-fee education for all Ontarians, and the creation of independent boards to administer schools. He felt “the first aim of government should be the education of the people.”

Criticism has been leveled at Ryerson as having been the “architect” of the (Indigenous) residential school system. In fact, his 1847 report to the Department of Indian Affairs recapitulated many of the progressive principles which had guided the reform of schools in Ontario. His goals for “Indian” education included the belief that education should be made available to all Canadians, not just the children of the wealthy.

Read
Thursday, Jun. 9, 2022
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Rob Paola, who has been measuring Winnipeg weather for 18 years from his Charleswood backyard, poses for a portrait with his meteorological instruments in Winnipeg on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. For Ben Waldman story. Winnipeg Free Press 2022.

Meteorologist behind Rob’s Obs is moving weather station to Ontario

Ben Waldman 7 minute read Preview

Meteorologist behind Rob’s Obs is moving weather station to Ontario

Ben Waldman 7 minute read Monday, Jun. 13, 2022

In a Winnipeg winter, there are always at least two certainties: it will be cold, and it will snow. A third certainty: the people will talk endlessly about how frigid the temperature is, and argue about how much snow is cloaking their driveways. Is it colder than it ever has been? Is there more snow today than the same time last year?

Rob Paola likely knows the answers to those questions.

Paola possesses no super powers. He is but a man with a metre stick and 40 years of professional meteorological experience, in the midst of a lifelong love affair with Mother Nature, a most turbulent mistress who rarely, if ever, reciprocates.

Each year when snow begins to fall, Paola heads outside his Charleswood home to figure out how much. He sticks his ruler in the ground, grabs his clipboard, and clicks his pen. In neat script, he records the temperature, what time precipitation began, how deep the powder is stacked. Then, he shares his data and insights online with thousands of followers who want a clear answer to the eternal questions: Why is this happening? When will it stop? How much snow has fallen in the city of Winnipeg?

Read
Monday, Jun. 13, 2022