An Anchorage-based pediatrician said a peak in respiratory illnesses in Alaska that’s hitting kids particularly hard was likely at least a few weeks away.
A sign points to the emergency department at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
“All the hospitals are full of sick, wheezing kids,” said Dr. Matt Hirschfeld, a pediatrician at Alaska Native Medical Center who sits in on daily, statewide hospital calls focused on pediatric care capacity. “ANMC wants to do that but doesn’t have the nursing staff to do so, so they just put out a call to the Public Health Service to see if they can get some more nurses deployed up here,” Hirschfeld said Friday.
Based on influenza data that is put out weekly by the state, a peak in flu and other respiratory illnesses is still likely at least a few weeks away, Hirschfeld said.“The curve is still going up,” he said. “So it’s going to get worse before it gets better.”A nationwide outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, has overwhelmed pediatric units across the Lower 48 this fall and winter.
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