Illinois children’s hospitals are seeing a surge of kids with respiratory illnesses, leaving some hunting for beds.
Dr. Hollis Redmon examines Justeene Bonsol, 2, of Joliet at Advocate Children's Medical Group Pediatrics in Naperville, Ill. on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022.
The official, Ashley Thoele, deputy chief operating officer at the state health department, said that more kids are being admitted to hospitals, and the situation is “further compounded by workforce shortages at some hospitals.” Comer is also seeing an explosion in the number of requests from other hospitals to transfer sick children to Comer. Many community hospitals havein recent years, meaning they may try to transfer sick children elsewhere when they need hospitalization.
“It’s not that they don’t want to take them,” Cunningham said. “We’re all coping with trying to find space for each of these children.”Justeene Bonsol, 2, of Joliet, is examined by Dr. Hollis Redmon at Advocate Children's Medical Group Pediatrics in Naperville on Sept. 9, 2022.
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