FREDERICTON The steady rise in the number of COVID-19 patients in the greater Edmundston area, in northwestern New Brunswick, is forcing health officials to divert patients to other hospitals. Dr. France Desrosiers, president of the Vitalite Health Network, said Tuesday the intensive care unit at the Edmundston Regional Hospital has reached its capacity to provide safe care to patients on respirators. Effective immediately, COVID-19 patients from the Edmundston area will be diverted to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton, she said, adding that non-COVID-19 patients will be sent to one of four other hospitals in northern New Brunswick.
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TORONTO The death by suicide of a New Brunswick teen who unsuccessfully sought help at a hospital highlights the lack of coordinated mental health supports available to Canadians, says a youth mental health advocate. Sixteen-year-old Lexi Daken waited in a Fredericton hospital emergency room for eight hours on Feb. 18 only to be told a psychiatrist was not available. The Grade 10 student, who had been previously diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and depression after an earlier suicide attempt, ultimately left without receiving help and died last Wednesday. It’s a story familiar to many Canadians who have struggled to find help for mental health issues, Executive Director of Youth Mental Health Canada Sheryl Boswell said on CTV’s Your Morning Monday.