MONTREAL – A hospital emergency room might not be the best place for the sick and elderly. The risk of acute infection – mostly respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses – following a trip to the emergency room is three times higher among the elderly, according to a study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Long-term care patients who spent a few hours in an emergency facility were more likely to get sick in two to seven days after returning to their nursing homes.
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Not only did I witttness this often at Maison Heron, in Dorval Quebec, but the adminstrator tried to hide these truths for the public..
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where are our pretentious health ministers when you need them? Gone fishing?
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http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/c-difficile-the-shit-disease/
