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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 help. But by the second and third wave, the number had jumped back up. We only see the tip of the iceberg with what people experience, said Amina Doher with the Sexual Assault Support Centre Ottawa. She explained that at the start of the pandemic, many put dealing with their experience of sexual violence or trauma on hold. ....
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 of violence during the lockdown, and wanted to investigate how the pandemic was affecting access to emergency care for survivors of sexual and domestic violence, says Dr. Katherine Muldoon, lead author of the study and senior research associate at The Ottawa Hospital. ....