Texas Judge Says No ICU Beds For Kids: ‘Your Child Will Wait For Another Child To Die'

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'That means if your child's in a car wreck ... and needs an ICU bed ... we don't have one,' said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.

for young people in the state on Friday, telling a news conference that “in Dallas, we have zero ICU beds left for children.”

“That means if your child’s in a car wreck, if your child has a congenital heart defect or something and needs an ICU bed, or more likely if they have COVID and need an ICU bed, we don’t have one,” said Dallas County Judge“Your child will just not get on the ventilator, your child will be CareFlighted to Temple or Oklahoma City or wherever we can find them a bed,” Jenkins added. “But they won’t be getting one here unless one clears.”“We have 0 ICU beds left for children ...

 

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