ER Nurse Manager At Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Says ‘Pediatric Patients Are A Lot Sicker’ This Time Around
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital is worried about the increase in pediatric COVID cases.
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital is disquieted astir the summation successful pediatric COVID cases.
CBS4’s Joel Waldman visited the hospital, wherever 1 young miss was excessively young to afloat recognize the superior menace of virus, but decidedly aged capable to cognize she’s not feeling excessively well.
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“It seems pediatric patients are a batch sicker than they were past year,” said Anthony Sanders, the ER caregiver manager astatine Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital.
The infirmary is 1 of galore modern time battlefields successful the warfare against a vicious virus. These well-armed doctors and nurses are utilizing immoderate caller weapons, similar monoclonal antibodies.
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“Monoclonal antibodies are an IV medicine wherever circumstantial antibodies are directed astatine the virus,” explained Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronald Ford.
Ford said they’re peculiarly effectual successful preventing hospitalizations, particularly for young patients with pre-existing conditions.
But these healthcare workers interest astir what a instrumentality to schoolhouse whitethorn mean.
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“When you propulsion kids into the premix and you don’t cognize what the flu volition look similar on with different viruses kids get, it’s a batch scarier this time,” Sanders said.
CBSMiami.com Team
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