Curiousbluheron t1_iydo8vz wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:05 PM

Reply to comment by IamSauerKraut in Maine is out of pediatric hospital beds. “As of Nov. 24, about 30,000 of the country's 40,000 pediatric hospital beds were available. Five states are at 90% capacity or higher. Currently the most overwhelmed state is Maine, at 109% capacity” by membaberry18

As someone who works in the pediatric care system in Maine, I can tell you that only a small portion of sick kids in Maine need to be transferred to Boston. The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland has a PICU, congenital open heart surgery program, a NICU kidney transplant service, and a comprehensive children’s cancer program. There is a relatively short list of conditions for which transfer to Boston or other centers is needed, including bone cancers, stem cell transplants, or liver or lung transplants.