Traditional Medicine vs Modern Medicine

An outbreak of norovirus has been linked to the deaths of nine people at the Selkirk Place care facility in Victoria this month. The Vancouver Island Health Authority said although the cause of death in each case has not been determined, it believes the gastrointestinal virus likely contributed. Norovirus — once known as Norwalk virus — is highly contagious and often spreads in places like schools, cruise ships and nursing homes, especially during the winter. This latest outbreak comes just two months after 29 people on a cruise ship heading for Vancouver came down with the virus. Units at the Vancouver General Hospital and New Westminster's Royal Columbian Hospital were forced to close earlier this year after both were hit with norovirus outbreaks. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the norovirus was being blamed for the nine deaths. The Vancouver Island Health Authority says the causes of the deaths have not been determined, but the virus likely contributed to the deaths.