11 Sep 2019

Kids seriously ill in measles outbreak

From Morning Report, 6:12 am on 11 September 2019

A doctor on the frontline of the measles outbreak in South Auckland says they are admitting seriously ill children with pneumonia and dehydration. Kids First Children's Hospital has been treating up to 12 patients in an isolation ward for the past three weeks. Its consultant paediatrician Teuila Percival told reporter Amy Williams some children are extremely sick and need intensive care.