Sick children overwhelmed hospitals this past fall and winter, exposing vulnerabilities in the nation's ability to care for its youngest during a crisis.
Research shows many hospitals in the U.S. aren't fully prepared to deal with a surge of sick children.Research shows many hospitals in the U.S. aren't fully prepared to deal with a surge of sick children.That's how Dr. Marc Auerbach's 8-year-old son woke him up one night last year.
But as Auerbach loaded his son into the car and started driving through the dark mountain roads, he had no idea if the local ED would be fully equipped to treat his child. Even during the best of times, children's hospitals can find themselves stretched thin, due to years of cutbacks and an ongoing health care staffing crisis. And experts say this latest season exposed what happens to the U.S. health care system when there's a major crisis of seriously sick children.
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