Pediatric hospitals in Netherlands overflowing; kids transferred to Belgium
5 years ago

Pediatric hospitals in Netherlands overflowing; kids transferred to Belgium

NL Times  

The pediatric departments of almost all hospitals in the Netherlands are completely full. Many hospitals stopped taking in child patients and several children have been transferred to hospitals in Belgium. The problems are especially big in the Randstad, where hospitals are looking for somewhere to place 30 to 35 sick children a day, the Dutch association for pediatrics NVK said to NOS. According to NVK chairman and pediatrician Karoly Illy, there are two main reasons for the overcrowded pediatric departments - there are too few pediatric nurses and many children are currently sick due to cold viruses. "We have been struggling for years with a national bed deficit in intensive care and neonatology departments, but on top fo that almost al 80 nursing wards in the country are full of sick children.

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Dutch child intensive care units busy with RS virus victims
6 days, 6 hours ago

Dutch child intensive care units busy with RS virus victims

Dutch News  

Operations at some pediatric intensive care units are being postponed because of an influx of babies with the respiratory syncytial virus, broadcaster NOS reported on Thursday All seven pediatric ICs, comprising 90 beds in total, are currently nearing capacity, with RS patients taking up around half of them, NOS said. “The situation is challenging but care is guaranteed,” pediatric care …

Hospitals delaying pediatric surgeries as patients with RS infections fill child ICUs
6 days, 15 hours ago

Hospitals delaying pediatric surgeries as patients with RS infections fill child ICUs

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands are being forced to delay scheduled surgeries and other planned care for children as the seven pediatric intensive care units have a shortage of available beds. The current wave of RS infections has yet to hit a peak this winter, meaning the proportion of children with complications related to RS is expected to increase in the …

Pediatric intensive care units full in the Netherlands due to RSV, flu epidemic
2 years ago

Pediatric intensive care units full in the Netherlands due to RSV, flu epidemic

NL Times  

All intensive care units that specialize in treating children are currently completely full, said the Dutch professional association of nurses and caregivers, V&VN. This is in large part due to the flu epidemic and the respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV or RS-Virus, said the association. Renze Jongstra, a nurse at the Leiden University Medical Center, said that the …

Doctors alarmed as surge in RSV cases fills German hospitals
2 years, 1 month ago

Doctors alarmed as surge in RSV cases fills German hospitals

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Intensive care doctors in Germany warned Thursday that hospital pediatric units in the country are stretched to breaking point in part due to rising cases of respiratory infections among infants. The intensive care association DIVI said the seasonal surge in respiratory syncytial virus cases and a shortage of nurses was causing a “catastrophic situation” in hospitals. “If the …

Coronavirus baby boom: Dutch maternity wards struggling to keep up
3 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus baby boom: Dutch maternity wards struggling to keep up

NL Times  

The Netherlands is in the midst of a baby boom and the maternity wards at Dutch hospitals are feeling it. The combination of staff shortages and a higher birthrate already resulted in a few women being transferred to Antwerp, because there was no space in the Dutch NICUs, Nieuwsuur reports. "The NICU nurses were also in intensive care units for …

Dutch hospitals full of kids sick with RS virus
3 years, 5 months ago

Dutch hospitals full of kids sick with RS virus

NL Times  

The RS virus is spreading so fast among children in the Netherlands that all beds in Dutch hospitals' pediatric intensive care units were occupied on Tuesday. The RS virus usually spreads in winter, but due to the coronavirus lockdown, hardly any children were infected this past winter. There was only room for children in Den Helder and we also had …

Dutch healthcare system further strained amid Covid crisis
3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch healthcare system further strained amid Covid crisis

NL Times  

The pressure on regular hospital care increased slightly over the past week with 51% of hospitals saying they were not able to perform all of their scheduled procedures, compared to 49% last week. Nine hospitals indicated that they were no longer entirely able to provide critically important care which can be planned in advance within a six-week window, Dutch healthcare …

Northern provinces scaling down regular care as Covid infections rise
3 years, 10 months ago

Northern provinces scaling down regular care as Covid infections rise

NL Times  

Hospital in the Netherlands' northern provinces are starting to scale down regular care again as the number of coronavirus patients rise. According to the local acute care network AZZN, the pressure on healthcare in northern Netherlands is great at the moment, and will only increase in the coming weeks. At the moment, Noord-Nederland is getting about 180 new infections per …

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