Units in Albuquerque, San Diego and San Francisco have had to put up makeshift wards to deal with the tripledemic of viruses, including triaging patients in inflatable tents in parking lots.
DailyMail.com analysis of official data revealed nine states have children s hospitals that have more than nine in ten beds occupied. For ICUs, four states are over-capacity.
A drastic and unusually early spike in the respiratory infection is swamping pediatric units across the United States, causing long waits for treatment and worries about winter.