Calgary daycare E. coli outbreak continues to add numbers
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The provincial health authority confirmed nine patients have been confirmed with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), they are stable and are receiving “appropriate care” in hospital.
More than 100 people have been linked to the E. coli outbreak that shut down 11 Calgary and area daycares this past weekend.
On Thursday, Alberta Health Services (AHS) said there are now 128 lab-confirmed cases linked to the outbreak, up from 96 the day before.
More kids are moving through hospitals. As of Thursday, there were 25 kids in hospital, 20 at Alberta Children’s Hospital and five in the pediatric unit of the Peter Lougheed Centre, and three kids have been discharged from hospital.
The provincial health authority confirmed nine patients have been confirmed with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), that they are stable and are receiving “appropriate care” in hospital.
HUS is a kidney condition when the filtering properties of those organs is blocked by destroyed red blood cells. That can result in acute kidney injury — the sudden and temporary loss of kidney function — and can result in needing dialysis.
According to pediatric nephrologist Dr. Julian Midgley, the “vast majority” of kids will eventually recover from HUS.
He recognized it can be terrifying for the family.
“Children can be very well and then three or five days later be significantly ill with both, with decreased kidney function, and it could even be a week later,” Midgley told Global News.
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