Where to Find H1N1 Vaccination in Montreal

Healthy Adults and Children Over Age 5 to Wait Until December for Swine Flu Shots

H1N1 vaccine was pre-positioned in all provinces and territories prior to its approval by Health Canada. Despite this fact, an error in shipping and handling has resulted in a delay that has “Montreal health department officials . . . scrambling to distribute 155,000 doses that were delivered Friday and Sunday night.”

Because of this delay, instead of launching clinics and rolling out vaccines like the rest of the province – and indeed, other major cities in Canada – Montreal health officials devoted Monday to shipping and receiving of the H1N1 vaccine. As of Tuesday night, not all the doses had yet been distributed, but health agency spokesperson Chantal Huot downplayed the delay saying. “This is a minor adjustment of 24 hours, and I don’t think it will change anything.”

Hospitals Late to Begin Vaccinating Staff

Montreal hospitals still did not have vaccine as of Tuesday. Late delivery will result in late starts to H1N1 immunization for health care workers and patients in longterm care. Affected hospitals are the CHUM (Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal) and MUHC (McGill University Health Centre – including the Montreal Children’s Hospital, the Montreal General and the Royal Victoria Hospital.) While the CHUM expects to begin inoculating chronic care patients this week, staff vaccines at both the CHUM and MUHC will not begin until November 2nd.  The Jewish General is also among health centers late to receive vaccine.

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