Expert: Drowning prevention

With a hot start to summer and the swimming season, health experts are urging caution around water. Drowning remains one of the most common causes of accidental death in Canadian children.

Hussein Wissanji, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at McGill University and a pediatric emergency physician at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, is available to speak on how to prevent drowning incidents, particularly in young children.

Dr. Wissanji has previously warned that emergency rooms in Quebec can expect to see one drowning or near-drowning case per day during peak summer months.

hussein.wissanji [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)