A quarter of paediatric deaths at hospitals are preventable, study finds

Investing in paediatric emergency care could save lives more than 2,100 lives each year, new research found.

The study also reported that a quarter of childhood deaths are preventable and investing in the care could save more children.

The price of such an investment would be modest, ranging from no cost to $11.84 per child, according to Oregon Health & Science University physicians.

Implementing new standards of paediatric care across hospital may have prevented an estimated 2,143 of the 7,619 paediatric deaths that occur in emergency departments or following admission from emergency departments each year, the study noted.

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Source: The Independent, 2 November 2024