Four babies are currently connected to ACME machines in the pediatric intensive care unit at Rambam Medical Center - a load not seen in the department since the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Two of the babies, aged 8 months and 13 months, are hospitalized in critical condition, connected to an ACME device - due to complications from the flu. Another baby was connected to ACME due to measles last week and is still in critical condition. A fourth baby is connected to ACME due to a medical problem that is not a viral illness.
Two children with the flu are hospitalized in intensive care at the Shaarei Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
The pediatric wards at Hadassah Ein Kerem and Hadassah Mount Scopus are currently treating children of all ages who require hospitalization due to the flu. Their condition is stable, some of them require respiratory support.
In the intensive care unit at Hadassah Ein Kerem, a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler with complications from the flu is on a ventilator and sedated in critical condition. A two-year-old toddler, who had the flu at the time of his admission, is also in critical condition.
A 5-year-old girl with active measles was ventilated upon admission due to airway obstruction in the emergency room. Her condition is serious but stable.
According to an updated weekly report from the Ministry of Health for the last week of November, 394 people are hospitalized in Israeli hospitals with the flu, with the reason for hospitalization not always being due to the virus. Of these, 163 are children and 9 are pregnant women, 18 of the patients (some children and some adults) are hospitalized in intensive care.
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