TRENTON – Senate President Richard J. Codey (D-Essex) today introduced a bill in the Senate that would require all state designated children’s hospitals to have a pediatric emergency physician on duty at all times in emergency departments.
“Any parent will tell you that one infant death is one too many,” said Sen. Codey. “When babies in the United States are twice as likely to die than those in many other developed countries, clearly we need to do more. The first step is making sure that hospitals have the type of specialized care on hand to deal with conditions that are unique to newborns and infants.”