SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A doctor with Sanford Children's
Hospital in Sioux Falls says an outbreak of a respiratory disease
has forced the hospital to find more beds for sick children.
Health officials say the number of cases of respiratory
syncytial virus - or RSV - has been on the rise in recent weeks.
They say this year's outbreak is particularly severe.
State epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger says two people have died
from it so far this year in South Dakota.
Joe Segeleon is a pediatrics critical care physician with
Sanford Children's Hospital. He says that the hospital has seen an
"extraordinary jump" in the number of RSV cases.
He says the hospital had to open up an auxiliary wing in the
main part of the hospital because of the outbreak.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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