Thessaloniki: Outbreak of viruses – Children’s ICU beds in Hippocrates are full (VIDEO)
The country has ended up in a state of tridemic, as the wave of the triple outbreak is in full swing of virusesflu and coronavirus. Already, in the classrooms, the absences are many, with the parents, as they say, taking their own measures.
Experts call on citizens to trust generics and parents not to unnecessarily expose children to hospitals but to first take the children’s opinion. The Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakidou, emphasized that the Commission is going to present a new package of proposals for legislative changes.
The measure of the electronic prescription of medicines that are in short supply in our country, as announced by Thanos Pleuris, comes into effect. Hundreds of drugs in short supply will now be provided to citizens only with an electronic medical prescription.
The Hellenic Pediatric Society, with its announcement, after recommending calmness to parents, gives instructions on how the fever can subside depending on the age of the child.
To reduce the fever, we use, say the pediatricians, simple, natural measures on the one hand and antipyretic drugs on the other. The physical measures are as follows:
We don’t cover the child, we don’t put a lot of clothes on him, we give him a bath in the bathtub.
Pediatricians point out that if these measures are implemented, the fever goes down and the child feels better and no antipyretic medicine needs to be given.
The pediatricians also gave advice on medication that parents can follow, due to the lack of medication. They can, as they say, instead of paracetamol syrup, effervescent tablets.
For children, over 12 years old, we use effervescent tablets every 5-6 hours. Children 6 – 12 years old may take half an effervescent tablet every 6 hours.
For children 3 – 6 years old, parents should consult a pediatrician. They can dissolve half a tablet in 80 ml of water and give the child 40 ml every 6 hours.
Meanwhile, all the beds in his Children’s ICU were filled Hippocratewith the result that slightly older children are hospitalized in the ICUs of adults.
Source: ertnews.gr