2023-09-11 21:23:02
“It seems that the government has given the instruction to act as if Covid had not returned… We are in the middle of a return from the pandemic and I really fear that we will make the same mistake as in 2020 by minimizing everything », exclaims the relative of a patient hospitalized in Drummondville. Users and visitors must deal with protective measures reminiscent of the difficult times of the pandemic.
On the side of the Integrated University Health and Social Services Center of Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec (CIUSSS), we rather plead that “we learn to live with COVID”.
“We have mechanisms in place to quickly inform our staff, our teams, to implement various infection prevention and control measures.”
— Julie Michaud, information officer at CIUSSS MCQ
At the Drummondville hospital, the surgical unit, two medical units, as well as the short-term geriatric unit are currently affected by an outbreak. The CIUSSS does not reveal a figure, but by definition, an outbreak refers to two cases linked to each other, it is specified.
At CHAUR, according to the memos that we were able to consult, the medicine-cardiology (4C), neurology-neurosurgery (2J) and medicine-surgery (5C) units are also facing outbreaks.
At least one outbreak has also been noted since the beginning of the month at the Frederick-Georges-Heriot accommodation center, in Drummondville, at the Cooke center (D3), in Trois-Rivières, at the CHSLD du Roseau, in Victoriaville, as well as ‘at the Hôtel-Dieu in Arthabaska.
Called for further comment, the authorities maintain that “our teams are trained to react quickly”, and that the current situation is not a source of “particular concern”.
We also note that it is still possible to make an appointment to be vaccinated. Quebec must, however, deploy a larger “booster” vaccination campaign in the fall. In total, the INSPQ reports having recorded four deaths linked to COVID-19 in August in Mauricie-et-Centre-du-Québec.
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