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Colder, winter months can lead to uptick in carbon monoxide poisonings

Vancouver General has the province’s only publicly funded hyperbaric chamber to treat patients

Vancouver Coastal Health has issued a warning about carbon monoxide poisoning as the province heads into the coldest months of the season.

The B.C. Drug and Poison Information Centre receives about 350 carbon monoxide exposure referrals each year, and it’s during the colder, winter months when people spend more time indoors that hospitals see an increase in carbon monoxide poisonings. Between 20 and 40 of those cases are treated at Vancouver General Hospital, which has the province’s only publicly funded hyperbaric chamber in B.C.,

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Lauren Collins

About the Author: Lauren Collins

I'm a provincial reporter for Black Press Media's national team, after my journalism career took me across B.C. since I was 19 years old.
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