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Children's Hospital has a 75% occupancy
Consultations increased by 20 percent. After three days elapsed from the cold, waiting for the impact on children, however, the Director of the hospital believes that the influx of patients has been low compared to previous years.
Thu, 10/02/2011 - 21:09
Children have an immune system less resistant to cold than adults.
Crystal Rodriguez File
Torreon, Coahuila .- After the cold temperatures that occurred in the region, Children's Hospital has a 75 percent occupancy, said Dr. Apolo Flores, Director of the institution.
Considered low number of patients compared to previous years where even came to be up to 120 percent occupancy, "This winter has been so bad for the diseases of children, comparing with previous year in terms of diseases. "
After three days elapsed from the cold, waiting for the impact on children as they first begin with the flu and getting stronger, then bronchitis, then pneumonia and bronchopneumonia in that order, "so come after a temperature as well as strong And if they come, but not what we expected. "
The media through prevention, he said, come to the homes of the mothers to care for the children and that's important to not have so many sick.
"The SEP eventually agreed it was best not to take them anyway and parents had already agreed they would not take their children and those who were only 10 percent."
Leave them to extreme cold affects your immune system, "which in itself is not as good as the adult's why they get sick more often because they have fewer defenses than the adult."
Of those who are bedridden, he said, have 35 children, of which 25 are for respiratory problems and the rest is miscellaneous, "because it is diarrhea, meningitis, tumors, appendices, fractures, even a child accidentally shot to death, but most is complicated respiratory infections. "
In the consultation there has been an increase, almost 20 percent, but had expected following three days of severe cold, it was nothing, "there are more prevention and preventive medicine is the best if you have preventive medicine going to have fewer illnesses and less severe apart from these diseases, vaccines, bringing children to hospital immediately. "
Karla Lobato
Spanish to English translation
Children's Hospital has a 75% occupancy
Consultations increased by 20 percent. After three days elapsed from the cold, waiting for the impact on children, however, the Director of the hospital believes that the influx of patients has been low compared to previous years.
Thu, 10/02/2011 - 21:09
Children have an immune system less resistant to cold than adults.
Crystal Rodriguez File
Torreon, Coahuila .- After the cold temperatures that occurred in the region, Children's Hospital has a 75 percent occupancy, said Dr. Apolo Flores, Director of the institution.
Considered low number of patients compared to previous years where even came to be up to 120 percent occupancy, "This winter has been so bad for the diseases of children, comparing with previous year in terms of diseases. "
After three days elapsed from the cold, waiting for the impact on children as they first begin with the flu and getting stronger, then bronchitis, then pneumonia and bronchopneumonia in that order, "so come after a temperature as well as strong And if they come, but not what we expected. "
The media through prevention, he said, come to the homes of the mothers to care for the children and that's important to not have so many sick.
"The SEP eventually agreed it was best not to take them anyway and parents had already agreed they would not take their children and those who were only 10 percent."
Leave them to extreme cold affects your immune system, "which in itself is not as good as the adult's why they get sick more often because they have fewer defenses than the adult."
Of those who are bedridden, he said, have 35 children, of which 25 are for respiratory problems and the rest is miscellaneous, "because it is diarrhea, meningitis, tumors, appendices, fractures, even a child accidentally shot to death, but most is complicated respiratory infections. "
In the consultation there has been an increase, almost 20 percent, but had expected following three days of severe cold, it was nothing, "there are more prevention and preventive medicine is the best if you have preventive medicine going to have fewer illnesses and less severe apart from these diseases, vaccines, bringing children to hospital immediately. "
Karla Lobato