Quebec emergency rooms are starting to fill up again after the holidays
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After a slight lull around Christmas, the number of emergency patients in Quebec hospitals is on the rise again.
After a slight lull around Christmas, the number of emergency patients in Quebec hospitals is on the rise again.
The stretcher occupancy rate fell below 100 per cent for a few days, but is now back above 120 per cent.
For the province as a whole, the stretcher occupancy rate stood at 121 per cent at around 10 a.m. on Monday, according to data provided on the Index Santé website. This rate has been rising since Christmas, when it was 87 per cent on Dec. 26, 99 per cent on Dec. 27, 103 per cent on Dec. 28, and 109 per cent on Dec. 29.
The stretcher occupancy rate was above 100 per cent on Monday morning in Chaudière-Appalaches, Laurentides and Lanaudière, Laval, Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec, Montérégie, Montreal and the Outaouais.
As for Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Capitale-Nationale, Côte-Nord, Estrie, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, the regional occupancy rate was still below 100 per cent, even though some emergency departments exceeded their capacity.
A rebound in occupancy in hospital emergency departments is a common occurrence after Christmas almost every year, since the gatherings that take place over the holidays lead to an increase in the circulation of viruses, among other things.
"On the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th [of December], people try to stay with their families and [endure] their problems for a while," said Audrey-Anne Turcotte Brousseau, head of department for the CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS, in a recent interview with The Canadian Press.
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