Doctors are seeing an uptick in accidental overdoses in children in the Savannah area, said Dr. Brian Coleman, medical director of the pediatric emergency room at the Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children s Hospital of Savannah.
Coleman said the children s ER had seen about 15 cases since opening in March. That s about double the normal rate. Commonly ingested drugs are opioids and marijuana in the form of edibles, or marijuana-infused foods.
Coleman isn t entirely sure what s behind the trend. It may be that with the pandemic, and people being in the house more, it just provides more opportunity for kids to explore, he said. And you know, kids are like little bloodhounds, and they will find stuff on the floor and under couches.
Letters to Eli: cards of support requested for Jesup boy undergoing brain surgery
Letters to Eli: cards of support requested for Jesup boy undergoing brain surgery By Amanda Aguilar | May 9, 2021 at 12:36 AM EDT - Updated May 9 at 5:07 PM
JESUP, Ga. (WTOC) - Support is pouring in for a nine-year-old boy in Jesup. Eli Campbell will soon head to the Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Childrenâs Hospital of Savannah for brain surgery. His family is asking for your help in making his hospital stay a positive experience.
âEli, hello from Hawaii,â reads Michelle Campbell, Eliâs mother. âHope you feel better soon.â
The Ronald McDonald House of the Coastal Empire, Safe Shelter Center for Domestic Violence Services, the Tiny House Project and Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society are among the seven area nonprofits that will benefit from $26,300 in donations made Monday by the Savannah Area Realtors.
“Its important to the realtors to be part of the local community, said Savannah Area Realtors CEO Steve Candler. Part of that community involvement is giving back through contributions and serving with their time at several local area nonprofits.”
Those reached by the Savannah Morning News said that, as a donation, the money will be able to help boost their general fund, a budget line that grants cannot help.
|March 9, 2021 at 4:11 PM EST - Updated March 9 at 7:16 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Getting their first glimpse at the new Dwaine and Cynthia Willet Children’s Hospital Tuesday were the patients, who indeed have been patient waiting to move into their new rooms.
They, and their families were welcomed by the staff with a celebration just after the ribbon cutting.
It was a day certainly worth celebrating as staff welcomed the very first patients of the Dwaine and Cynthia Willet Children’s Hospital.
Patients like Haylee Doyle, “I was kind of overwhelmed. They popped the thing and I was like, ‘wow!’”