'Horrible': Hospitals flooded with breathless babies battling RSV virus
Tue, 6 Jul 2021, 10:30AM
There is a warning the flu-like disease has yet to peak, with hospitals nationwide flooded with a sudden spike in cases. (Photo / 123RF)
'Horrible': Hospitals flooded with breathless babies battling RSV virus
By Rowan Quinn for RNZ
Wellington Hospital has more than 20 babies in its children's ward, many on oxygen, as the spread of the potentially deadly RSV virus escalates.
There is a warning the flu-like disease has yet to peak, with hospitals all over the country flooded with a sudden spike in cases.
The clinical leader of Wellington Hospital's child health service, Andrew Marshall, said it has an entire ward dedicated to babies with the virus, many of them very sick.