New pediatric clinic outside Montreal aims to ease burden on city ERs – Montreal | 24CA News
A brand new pediatric emergency clinic is now open in Saint-Eustache, Que., with hopes it should alleviate strain on hospital emergency rooms within the Greater Montreal space. The staff of docs behind the ability additionally hope it should supply a glimpse of the longer term for emergency care in Quebec.
“We’re actually able to challenge the status quo and say ‘Okay, why can’t the experience of emergency care for kids be positive,’” mentioned Dr. Sasha Dubrovsky, the president and co-founder of the UP Centre for Pediatric Emergencies and Specialized Care, which opened an identical facility in Brossard, in 2019.
Parents can e-book an appointment for his or her baby on Bonjour Santé for any emergency that doesn’t require 9-1-1, comparable to fevers that last more than every week, bladder infections, damaged arms, cuts and so forth.
“The appointments are opening every 24 hours,” Dubrovsky mentioned.
Patients are triaged and given rapid care as a substitute of ready for hours as they’d in a hospital emergency room. Nurses present care on the door. At the Brossard clinic, most sufferers are seen inside 90 minutes, Dubrovsky mentioned, including “we’re seeing close to 80,000 kids a year, which is about 200-250 patients a day.”
After 10 days of operation, the Saint-Eustache clinic is already seeing between 100-120 sufferers a day.
“Patients and families come in quite anxious when they are faced with certain emergencies, and our goal is to dedramatize that,” mentioned Dr. Mher Barbarian, co-founder and medical director of UP Centre.
Laval resident Sophia Loggia’s son Adriano had respiratory issues final yr leading to a visit to the hospital the place she waited 16 hours. Her first expertise on the Brossard clinic went a little bit otherwise.
“They took him right away,” Loggia mentioned. “Ten minutes from the time I walked in to the time he was assessed by the doctor and got the medication.”
Rania Shiftshy was capable of get an appointment for her son on the identical day. “This service is very good because it helps people to have an appointment for their children, easy without any complications.”
The clinics, positioned off the island of Montreal, are anticipated to assist cut back emergency room visits and goal to assist households keep away from travelling to pediatric emergency rooms within the metropolis. So far, there are not any plans to open on-island services, however the docs who personal UP Centre say they’re open to dialogue.
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