How Ontario fared during H1N1
Posted Jun 2, 2010 03:17:07 PM.
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A new report from the McGuinty government says
there was never a good alignment between supply and demand of vaccine during the H1N1 pandemic.
The document says the province fared pretty well during the pandemic, but could have done better.
Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Arlene King
says the province had little warning from the federal government about when vaccine would be available and in what supply.
Dr. King ranks the long line-ups at H1N1 vaccine clinics as her biggest complaint.
But she says the province’s rates of hospitalizations and deaths were low in comparison to those of other provinces.
Waterloo Region’s Public Health Unit is undergoing a review of their handling of the H1N1 outbreak.
Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Liana Nolan says it should be completed by August.
She tells 570 News she believes the health unit handled things on their end quite well in terms of getting information out to the public quickly.
Nolan says many people were frustrated with things that were out of their control.
She says they were forced to plan programs when policy decisions were being made on the spot.
Nolan admits there were problems with lengthy line-ups and she says the issue is that it takes a few months to develop a vaccine after the strain is identified.
You can read the entire report by clicking here
