Measles exposure alert issued for Rosthern Hospital emergency department

CBC News

· Posted: May 07, 2025 11:51 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Anyone who visited the exigency section astatine the Rosthern Hospital past play is being asked to show themselves for measles aft idiosyncratic with a confirmed lawsuit of the microorganism visited the infirmary aggregate times implicit 2 days.

According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), a idiosyncratic with a confirmed lawsuit of measles, considered 1 of the astir contagious diseases successful the world, archetypal visited the Rosthern Hospital Emergency Department Friday, May 2, astatine 9 a.m. CST staying until 3 p.m. CST that afternoon.

And it wasn't the lone visit, with the idiosyncratic returning aboriginal that evening and again connected Saturday.

The SHA is asking anyone who visited the ER during the pursuing times to show themselves for symptoms for 21 days aft exposure.

• Friday, May 2, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Friday, May 2, 2025 from 7:25 p.m. to Saturday, May 3, 2025 astatine 3:40 a.m.
• Saturday, May 3, 2025 astatine 5:25 p.m. to Sunday, May 4 astatine 5:20 a.m.

Measles is simply a highly infectious microorganism that is dispersed done the air. 

Symptoms mostly see fever, runny nose, rash and cough, but tin pb to terrible complications including respiratory nonaccomplishment and swelling of the brain.

The SHA said anyone who was exposed to measles and is exhibiting symptoms tin telephone HealthLine 811 oregon their health-care supplier for assessment.

The SHA is besides asking radical not to sojourn clinics, but said if they are successful aesculapian distress to telephone exigency departments earlier visiting and pass aesculapian unit that they were exposed to measles.

In 1998, measles was declared eliminated from Canada owed to the occurrence of nationalist immunization programs.

Declining vaccination rates person resulted successful outbreaks crossed the state this year.

According to SHA statistics, determination person been 12 confirmed cases of measles successful Saskatchewan successful 2025, arsenic of April 30.

The SHA said the measles vaccine is astir 100 per cent effectual astatine preventing the disease, but successful Saskatchewan lone astir 75 per cent of children had received some recommended doses of the Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccine by their 2nd day successful 2024.