Vancouver – In British Columbia, the Children’s Hospital in Vancouver is being forced to double-bunk patients in single-occupancy rooms.
This is due to the huge to the influx of sick children during this year’s early and intense flu season.
The influenza season this year has overwhelmed pediatric hospitals across Canada.
In recent weeks, the Vancouver hospital, which provides care to British Columbia’s most seriously ill or injured children, has also had to triage patients in its emergency department and cancel non-emergency scheduled surgeries in response to the surge in admissions for respiratory illnesses.
