Patricia Darnauer, a hospital administrator in Houston, said the 11-month-old girl 'needed to be intubated immediately because she was having seizures.'
is resulting in more children being treated for severe COVID symptoms, with many hospitals saying they are struggling to cope with the influx of new coronavirus patents of all ages.
Dr. Christina Propst, a pediatrician in Houston, told KTRK:"The emergency rooms at the major children's hospitals here in Houston, the largest medical center in the world, are extremely crowded.The lack of pediatric beds in Houston may not be solely attributable to a surge in COVID cases, according to Propst and other medical providers.
Other factors include an uptick in children being admitted with injuries such as broken bones, which typically happens during the summer break. Toward the end of the vacation, back-to-school health checks increase too. Houston has also reported a rise in respiratory syncytial virus infections among children.
Medical experts are concerned, however, that the surge in COVID cases will worsen when children return to school, especially if they do not wear masks. "It is typical that two weeks after school we see a great surge of strep and other sources of infection. We are bracing ourselves, not a question of when, it will be bad," Darnauer said.
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