Hospital officials in Connecticut say that while emergency department visits overall have declined, the number of children who are awaiting inpatient beds for psychiatric care has increased exponentially during the pandemic.
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Coronavirus brings logistical challenges for CT hospitals
Connecticut hospitals anticipate logistical challenges as they combat the coronavirus. But hospital and other health care leaders also told legislators Friday they’ve been preparing for months for the pandemic’s arrival in Connecticut, and efforts to mitigate its spread are well underway.
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After law change, children begin receiving medical marijuana
Parents pushed for the new law in hopes medical marijuana could help alleviate their children’s debilitating seizures. Now they’re trying it.
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Trying for a breath of fresh air in treating asthma
Asthma affects Connecticut residents at higher rates than the nation’s population as a whole, and it’s on the rise. Several local efforts are trying to make headway in changing the course of the disease, using approaches some say could serve as a model for addressing other chronic illnesses that are more heavily influenced by what happens in a patient’s daily life than treatment in the medical system.
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Connecticut Children’s Medical Center names new CEO
James E. Shmerling, a longtime hospital executive, will become president and CEO of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford next month, the hospital announced Thursday.
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Gavin to retire as Connecticut Children’s Medical Center CEO
Gavin, 65, has led the state’s only freestanding children’s hospital for nine years and will stay on until a successor is chosen, according to the hospital.
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Children’s Hospital gets $10M extra from CT, raising eyebrows
A new $10 million grant for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, approved Thursday – without going through the legislature and despite a state budget deficit – sparked new questions about its legality and fairness.
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Op-Ed: Over-use of antibiotics in agriculture must be regulated and curtailed
Efforts to improve antibiotic use in healthcare — lessening the creation of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” — cannot possibly make a dent in overall antibiotic overuse if so much is unregulated in agriculture.
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Op-Ed: Over-use of antibiotics in agriculture must be regulated and curtailed
Efforts to improve antibiotic use in healthcare — lessening the creation of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” — cannot possibly make a dent in overall antibiotic overuse if so much is unregulated in agriculture.
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Confirmed enterovirus cases increase in Connecticut
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday there are now 13 confirmed cases in Connecticut of Enterovirus-D68, a flu-like illness.
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Children stuck in crisis: Connecticut’s psychiatric emergency gets worse
The number of children and teens going to emergency rooms in mental health crisis, some waiting days for an inpatient bed, has been growing for years. But people who work at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, parents of kids with psychiatric illnesses and community mental health providers say what happened this spring was beyond anything they’d seen in the past.
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Op-ed: Detect mental health problems early to prevent violence
One in five children and adolescents has some mental health issue, and 70 percent of those individuals do not receive care, says the American Academy of Pediatrics.