The emergency declaration has been key in helping the hospital obtain Tamiflu, albuterol and other medications that have been in short supply nationally, Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, the county's chief medical officer, told the board.
CHOC's chief medical officer, Dr. Sandip Godambe, said the hospital is so jammed it is setting up beds wherever it has space such as a discharge lounge, an oncology playroom gym and surgical playrooms. The emergency room lobby has been extended into the hospital's driveway, he added.
The hospital is seeing more than 150 children a day in the first-floor lobby. The average number of visits in the emergency room during this wave is 410 with a high of 489, double the usual, Godambe said. Without the emergency declaration, the hospital would not be able to get the medications it needs, but also important supplies such as syringes and gurneys.January and February are usually the peak months for the viruses, so it's unclear if this wave will just continue or worsen through the winter, Godambe said.
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