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The Worst Pediatric-Care Crisis in Decades

Por: The Atlantic Health October 31, 2022

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“This is our 2020.”Callaghan O’Hare / ReutersOctober 31, 2022, 3:08 PM ETAt the height of the coronavirus pandemic, as lines of ambulances roared down the streets and freezer vans packed into parking lots, the pediatric emergency department at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was quiet.It was an eerie juxtaposition, says Chris Woodward, a pediatric-emergency-medicine specialist at the hospital, given... + full article



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