Significant decline in preterm births in Calgary during COVID-19 pandemic: neonatologist

Staff at Calgary’s neonatal intensive care units (NICU) were expecting to see an increase in premature births as stress levels increased in pregnant women during the pandemic. South Calgary Campus and Foothills Hospital neonatologist Dr. Alshaikh and hospital staff were prepared for an influx of patients at Foothills because the NICU at South Campus was closed in anticipation of COVID-19 cases developing in Calgary. "So (therefore) we would have more deliveries in other sites, but that did