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OTTAWA -- One in three people experience sexual violence in their lifetime. In this third wave of the pandemic, officials at the Ottawa Hospital say they’ve seen an increase in those looking for help. "We see anywhere between 500 to 650 new patients with sexual assault or intimate violence a year," said Dr. Kari Sampsel with the Ottawa Hospital’s Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program.  In the first wave of the pandemic, the hospital saw a 60 per cent drop in patients seeking ...

  OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Hospital saw fewer domestic violence and sexual assault survivors seek emergency medical treatment during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ottawa Hospital Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program typically sees 60-80 patients over a two-month period. A new study from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute shows 34 people visited the emergency department for treatment in the first two months of the pandemic. "We were concerned about the rising risk o...

Article content A new study shows emergency department admissions for sexual assault and domestic violence dropped “drastically” at The Ottawa Hospital in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of cases treated at the hospital decreased by about 50 per cent in the first two months of last year’s lockdown when compared to the same period in 2018, the study found. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Officials worried by "drastic" ...