St. Joe's will serve as flu assessment centre
Published Monday November 2nd, 2009
SAINT JOHN - The Horizon Health Network is reminding the general public that if you feel as though you are developing influenza-like symptoms - fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, fatigue, vomiting, or diarrhoea - you are advised to stay home and minimize contact with family members as much as possible.
However, if you feel sick enough that it would normally prompt you to seek medical attention, you are urged to visit one of our flu assessment centres, beginning today.
St. Joseph's Community Health Centre will serve as one of those centres and will operate from Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visitors are asked to use the Coburg St. entrance
The Charlotte County Hospital will also serve as an assessment centre and will operate on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visitors are asked to use the ambulatory/emergency department entrance
The Flu Assessment Centres will be staffed by health-care professionals and will help alleviate pressure in emergency departments.
Please seek care at an emergency department only if your symptoms suddenly get worse, you experience shortness of breath, chest pain, altered level of consciousness or if you have prolonged high fever that cannot be controlled with usual medication.
Vaccines will not be administered at this centre.
More information may be found online (www.gnb.ca/flu) or by calling the 24-hour information line, 1-800-580-0038.
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Personally i feel that this government has dropped the ball.
It is a sad thing when the Government practices the art of Racial Discrimination, in that a Healthy person of aboriginal decent is permitted to have the vaccination, where a person like my room mates 31 year old daughter, mother of a 3 year old, who has a hole in her heart, High blood pressure, and is a.d.d. has to wait for her shot like every one else who is chronic that have been dropped from the priority list, and forced to wait like those of us who are healthy.
This change to the priority List came (according to their 1-800 number)directly from the Provincial Health Ministers Office this week end.
Shame on you Madam Minister... Perhaps It is time for you too find
a new job...
I'd also like to see a "Hysteria Assessment Clinic" set up to relieve the ER of people that are over-reacting to bad colds or sore throats.