CASE STUDIES OF A PEDIATRIC WARD IN A COVID-19 HOSPITAL FOR SUSPECTED PATIENTS.

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FORCED US TO LIVE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION IN 2020, A SITUATION THAT HAS NOT ENDED YET. THE ADAPTATION WAS MADE INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, TO THE NEW CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM THE SPECIAL AND UNPRECEDENTED EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MEASURES TAKEN. HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN FUNDAMENTALLY RESTRUCTURED WITH THE RESTRICTION OF HOSPITALIZATION CAPACITY TO MEET THE NEED FOR ISOLATION OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS, EACH BEING A POTENTIAL SUSPECT AT RISK OF CONTAMINATING OTHERS. A COMPARATIVE STUDY, OVER SYMMETRICAL PERIODS OF TIME, DURING AND BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THAT REFLECTS THE CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS AND THEIR PATHOLOGY. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]