Hospital for Sick Children and Alexander Caudarella

Alexander Caudarella: Before the cuts were made, in June 2012, only 6.4 per cent of refugee patients appearing in the emergency room of the Hospital for Sick Children actually had to be admitted. Six months later, that rate had jumped to 12 per cent, said the study published in the May issue of the Public Library of Science Journal, according to The Star. If they dont have health insurance, they present themselves later to the doctors. By then, the kids are sicker, said Dr. Alexander Caudarella, a family doctor and co-author of the study, titled The Cost and Impact of the Interim Federal Health Program Cuts on Child Refugees in Canada and Admission rates for refugee children at Sick Kids Hospital doubled after Ottawa cut its health care coverage for asylum seekers, a new study finds. Researchers said the finding suggests that parents who couldnt access government health care had delayed seeking medical help until the children became really ill. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.