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Expert: Drowning prevention

Published: 26 June 2025

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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 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

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

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