CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island — A Canadian hospital stated Tuesday it’s treating a number of sufferers for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning as many individuals within the Atlantic space hit post-tropical storm Fiona are utilizing mills for electrical energy.
Greater than 180,000 houses and companies have been nonetheless with out electrical energy by late Tuesday afternoon — greater than 122,000 of them in Nova Scotia province and about 61,000 in Prince Edward Island province.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, on Prince Edward Island, declared a Code Orange to activate protocols to take care of extra emergency sufferers. The hospital requested individuals to return to its emergency division just for pressing or essential well being issues.
The hospital stated between 5 and 10 sufferers have been being handled for doable carbon monoxide poisoning, however didn’t say which group they’re from.
Authorities stated Sunday that preliminary findings recommended one demise over the weekend was linked to generator use, however didn’t present particulars.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled Tuesday to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the place he pledged to search out methods to construct extra resilient infrastructure after inspecting the in depth injury attributable to Fiona.
“Sadly, the fact with local weather change is that there’s going to be extra excessive climate occasions. We’re going to have to consider how to verify we’re prepared for no matter comes at us,” Trudeau stated.
In Ottawa, Protection Minister Anita Anand stated there are about 300 troops helping restoration efforts, divided equally amongst Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Anand stated the navy is mobilizing an extra 150 troops in Nova Scotia and 150 for Newfoundland.
The HMCS Margaret Brooke, one of many Canadian navy’s new Arctic patrol vessels, was scheduled to go to the distant group of Francois on the south coast of Newfoundland to verify on residents.