Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surge Pressuring German Children’s Hospitals
In Germany, a widespread respiratory virus is present and particularly devastating on the young. Hospitals for children are under a great deal of stress. However, this urgent scenario was foreseen and is the outcome of ongoing issues. A recently revived baby is brought into a children’s hospital that is overflowing with patients. A 3-year-old who requires an urgent heart procedure must wait a third day in a row for this to occur. Then there is the case of the toddler who was moved 150 kilometres (93 miles) one night from Hannover to Magdeburg because there were no more beds in any of the 21 hospitals in the area. Numerous kids spend the entire night gasping and wheezing in the emergency… Read More »Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surge Pressuring German Children’s Hospitals