We opened the NICU yesterday. We admitted a patient in Cardiac Failure. The patient came to the Emergency Department with trouble breathing and poor feeding, and was found to have a loud murmur. The patient had been to a couple doctors, but the mother was told the patient had a cold. I was here for the opening of the Pediatric Hospital in October, but there were problems with the NICU area. so, they were unable to use the beds until now. Exciting that I was here for the opening of the hospital, and for the first patients using the beds! I had to read the manuals to find out how to use the equipment, because no-one knew. I taught the nurses how to use them today! Unfortunately, the baby had to be sent to a bigger hospital for an echocardiogram and heart surgery today!
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