By Alexa Olson, WVTT News Radio
More and more babies are showing signs of drug addiction
according to a recent study put out by the Journal of American Medical
Association. WVTT traveled over to the Hospital to see if Olean
is seeing this increase as well.
The rate of
babies born with signs of drug withdrawal has tripled in the last ten
years. Karen McGovern Graham who is the OB Manager at Olean General
Hospital says that have seen a rise in the number of babies born with symptoms. Graham informed us that there are
list of guidelines that her nurses follow if they have an infant showing signs
of withdrawal. There is a small NIQUE unit at Olean General Hospital but Graham
says that if they do have sick babies they send them to a higher level of care
facility.
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