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‘The treatment of kids who get serious manifestations of COVID requires specialists who are trained in intensive care of children.’
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"The treatment of children who get serious manifestations of COVID requires specialists who are trained in intensive care of children, and the appropriate equipment and support staff. We should definitely plan and be prepared for a crisis situation if it does occur. We should not be complacent." Read More..
How can a surge in cases be avoided? The expert suggests not letting our guard down, by maintaining COVID-appropriate behaviour such as social distancing, use of masks, and hand sanitisation measures.
"We need to avoid crowded places such as malls, markets, gatherings etc. Also, the children will get protected indirectly, if the adults around them receive the COVID vaccine."
Rainbow Hospitals successfully administered the wonder drug Zolgensma, which is also the world's costliest at Rs 16 crore per shot, to a three-year-old Hyderabad boy this month. The medical marvel Zolgensma is a single dose intravenous injection used in gene therapy is for replacing the defective SMN1 gene through an adenoviral vector.
Asked how critical can it be to administer the expensive injection like this with skill, Mittal says: "Administering such an expensive and uncommonly used drug can be a challenge.
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Speaking about vaccination for children, the doctor said vaccinations for vaccine preventable diseases should continue on time for childrens as per schedule.
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As and when COVID vaccine is approved and available for children, Rainbow hospitals will be ready to administer the same to as many children as possible."
Source-IANS