Thursday, October 29, 2009

Quebec Takes City's Top Health Official To Task

From The Montreal Gazette:

Why the delay? Minister demands. 8 schools report outbreaks of swine flu; ERs swamped at pediatric hospitals.

Quebec health minister yves bolduc chastised montreal's top health official for failing to deploy the city's h1n1 vaccination program as planned months in advance.

Concerned that further inoculation delays would put people at risk for swine flu infection now that the virus is in hyper speed, Bolduc personally called David Levine, head of the Montreal Health and Social Services Agency, to demand an explanation.

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More News On H1N1

ERs overcrowded because of swine flu -- CTV
No plan to accelerate vaccinations in Montreal -- CBC
Montreal must play catch-up -- Montreal Gazette
Open flu season -- Hour.ca

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