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A sharp increase in cases of Respiratory Virus Sinccial (VRS) was recorded in recent weeks in the Tarapacá Region, forcing the Hospital Ernesto Torres de Iquique to
The director of the health facility, Raul Romero, pointed out that "we had to make an extraordinary effort to open the beds because our pediatric capacity is 36 places, but nowadays we we have 63 hospitalized children . "
The deputy medical director of the premises, pediatrician Francisco Javier Donoso added that for a few weeks," we hospitalize daily between 10 to 12 pediatric patients due to respiratory syncytial virus . "
Romero explained that, to achieve this, it was even necessary to open the new UTI, which, although it is not yet officially inaugurated has the conditions to accommodate After an emergency committee coordination meeting, held this Friday to badess the unusual situation, the doctor asked the parents to take care of their children, especially if they have less than five years, and not expose them to possible sources of contagion.
"Avoid closed places and crowds of people, especially at the Tirana party or in shopping malls," said Romero
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