RS virus is a type of respiratory infection that most often spreads during the winter months and affects children under the age of two the hardest.
This year, the infection came earlier than expected and it also affects more children in previous years.
Heavy load
Now the children's clinic is heavily burdened with children who have become infected where more need to be admitted due to poor oxygenation, for example.
- Right now it is manageable, but it is extremely stressful and we take it one day at a time, says Anna Olivecrona, chief physician and operations manager at the children and adolescent clinic at USÖ.
Encourages parents
Anna Olivecrona, now urges parents to seek care at the health centers if it is not urgent, due to the high workload at the children's clinic.
- So that we save the pediatric emergency room for the children who need emergency care.
In the clip: Anna Olivecrona gives advice on what to think about as a parent.