Hospitals across four states, including New Jersey, are being pushed to their limits and it's only expected to get worse.
A recent surge in children's respiratory viruses is starting to fill up pediatric ERs and push the health system toward capacity. Anthony Johnson has the story.A recent surge in children's respiratory viruses is starting to fill up pediatric ERs and push the health system toward capacity.
"A two-week period ago we started to see a surge in our admissions and a surge in our ER volumes throughout the state," said Dr. Uzma Hasan, director of pediatric infection disease at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. Marissa Torres said her youngest son, Marcello, was complaining about feeling ill and she knew to take immediate action."Having a lot of difficulty just breathing on his own, a lot of coughing, he said he had a headache and a stomachache so immediately I said we have to go to the doctor," Torres said.