THUNDER BAY The number of opioid-related overdoses in the Thunder Bay area increased significantly from 2019 to 2020.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre reports that it treated 262 patients for opioid overdoses last year.
That s an increase of 39 per cent from 2019, when the hospital handled 188 cases.
Statistics relating to opioid-related deaths last year are not fully reported yet.
However, between January and September 2020 there were 34 confirmed and 5 suspected deaths in the Thunder Bay area, for a total of 39.
By comparison, in the same period in 2019 there were 29 opioid-related deaths.
Officials predict that by the time the year-end figures are compiled for 2020, the death toll may exceed 50.
Police investigated after a First Nations man was found dead on Lakehead University property near the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre on Sept. 27, 2019 (TBNewswatch file)
THUNDER BAY The Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario has completed an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a First Nations man in Thunder Bay in September 2019.
A spokesperson for the office says it remains in contact with the family, however the findings are not being made public.
The 19-year-old man died by apparent suicide hours after he was discharged from the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation s leadership said a Lakehead University security guard found his body on university property adjacent to the hospital grounds.
A nurse places a pulse oximeter to measure the oxygen level and heart rate of a man who is recovering from pneumonia at his home, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Ipswich, Mass. One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 pandemic has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have been a system-crushing onslaught of ill, contagious patients.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Elise Amendola TORONTO One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have been a system-crushing onslaught of ill, contagious patients.
Colin Perkel
A nurse places a pulse oximeter to measure the oxygen level and heart rate of a man who is recovering from pneumonia at his home, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Ipswich, Mass. One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 pandemic has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have been a system-crushing onslaught of ill, contagious patients.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Elise Amendola February 04, 2021 - 9:49 AM
TORONTO - One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have been a system-crushing onslaught of ill, contagious patients.
Remote care saving grace for many COVID patients, hospitals; oxygen monitoring vital
by Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
Posted Feb 4, 2021 12:49 pm EDT
Last Updated Feb 4, 2021 at 12:58 pm EDT
TORONTO One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have been a system-crushing onslaught of ill, contagious patients.
Of the more than half-million cases of COVID-19 where hospitalization status is known, Canadian data show roughly 7.8 per cent of patients have needed hospital admission. Of those, fewer than one-in-five needed intensive care and an even smaller fraction required mechanical ventilation.