It started as a labour of love, one bottle at a time. On Sept. 1, Hannah's Bottle Village in Point Prim, P.E.I., surpassed builder Gar Gillis's goal of $100,000 in donations for the IWK Health Centre in Nova Scotia. CBC's Victoria Walton stopped by to find out more.
Children’s hospitals across Canada are facing a tripledemic surge of flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases leading to long wait times, shortages in beds and staff, and in some cases the cancellation of pediatric surgeries.
Hospitals and clinics across Canada are seeing a surge in patients with respiratory illnesses that is leaving many to operate at full capacity. As health-care workers scramble to meet the increased demand, they say overtime has become the norm and they remain unsure of how much longer they can withstand the pressure.