Summerside hospital declares flu outbreak in medical-palliative unit

Stephen Brun · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 19, 2025 2:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

P.E.I.'s second-largest infirmary is dealing with an outbreak of influenza successful its medical-palliative unit. 

Health P.E.I. said successful a quality merchandise Wednesday that patients successful that portion astatine Prince County Hospital successful Summerside volition beryllium constricted to 1 visitant astatine a clip successful an effort to power the dispersed of the flu.

Visitors volition beryllium asked to travel infection-control measures, including wearing a disguise arsenic they travel into the facility, the wellness bureau said. Anyone considering visiting patients is encouraged to enactment distant if they're feeling unwell. 

A spokesperson for Health P.E.I. said determination is presently lone 1 palliative diligent successful the unit, and the hospital's unit is moving to enactment the diligent and their family.

Patients are typically astatine their astir susceptible erstwhile they participate palliative care, which is meant for radical with terminal illnesses who are successful the last days of their lives. Many person compromised immune systems that could marque them much susceptible for illnesses similar influenza that tin dispersed rapidly. 

Care teams tin supply comfortableness and enactment to patients successful semipermanent care, assemblage care, a palliative-care installation and successful infirmary settings.

The Health P.E.I. spokesperson said unit typically bash not negociate outbreaks connected palliative-care wards immoderate otherwise than those successful immoderate different portion due to the fact that "every installation tin person a palliative situation."