VANCOUVER A B.C. hospital has declared a precautionary COVID-19 outbreak after cases were confirmed in one of its units. Northern Health posted a notice about the cases at University Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George on Wednesday. So far, two patients and four staff have tested positive for the disease in the internal medicine unit, but no evidence of ongoing transmission has been recorded. Northern Health Public Health is closely monitoring for additional cases, and the facility is taking steps to protect the health of staff and those they care for, with enhanced outbreak precautions, the health authority said in a statement.
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VANCOUVER An Abbotsford mom who gave birth by emergency C-section while battling COVID-19 has been brought out of an induced coma and has finally met her baby boy. An update posted on the family’s GoFundMe page says doctors eased Gillian McIntosh out of sedation late last week and she no longer requires a ventilator, although she remains in the ICU. McIntosh tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 6, while nearly 36 weeks pregnant, and was admitted to hospital a few days later. On Nov. 10, with her condition deteriorating, doctors decided she needed a ventilator. The emergency C-section was performed that night and her newborn son spent the first 15 days of his life in the NICU while his mother was in a coma in the ICU.
A mother with COVID-19 who delivered her baby by emergency C-section while on a ventilator last month can breathe on her own again and has met her newborn son.
Gillian McIntosh met son Travis for the first time this weekend while continuing to stay at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, according to an update on the family’s GoFundMe.
Although McIntosh remains in the ICU, she was gradually eased out of sedation last week, family friend Corina Rochon wrote. The mother no longer tests positive for the virus.
“The cruel and unforgiving nature of COVID-19 has put our family through so much this past month,” reads a statement from Gillian and husband Dave McIntosh.
Image Credit: GOFUNDME / Corina Rochon December 16, 2020 - 5:08 PM It s been a harrowing month for an Abbotsford family after Gillian McIntosh, who had COVID-19, was put into a medically induced coma after giving birth to her son. McIntosh was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Nov. 6 and was admitted to Abbotsford Regional Hospital a few days later. She was two days shy of 36-weeks pregnant and the doctors knew they had to get the baby out before it was too late family friend Corina Rochon wrote in a GoFundMe post that was started last month and has raised nearly $100,000. “Their beautiful baby boy was born by emergency C-section Nov. 10, but Gillian was put in a medically induced coma and remained in intensive care, fighting for her life and unable to meet her newborn son, according to the GoFundMe.