An 11-month-old girl with Covid-19 is stable and no longer intubated one day she was airlifted to a Texas hospital 150 miles away because of a shortage of pediatric beds in the Houston area.
The baby has made"an amazing recovery," said Dr. Dominic Lucia, a pediatric emergency physician and chief medical officer at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center -- Temple, where the child was transported on Thursday."She's no longer requiring the breathing machine. She's actually off that right now... and she's actually resting with mom. She's looking great.
"In the Houston area, Harris Health System has seen a huge increase in Covid-19 patients, and at least half of the patients in ICU have the virus, Callaway said."Couple that with normal emergency needs and it's overwhelming the system," Callaway told CNN.Harris Health is part of the Texas Medical Center, the largest in the world, according to its website.
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