'It's just an ear infection, why does my child need emergency care?'

Due to Covid-19, many children are being sent to emergency departments at hospitals despite having only minor ailments. — AFP

A mom of eight boys, Kim Gudgeon was at her wits’ end when she called her family doctor in suburban Chicago to schedule a sick visit for increasingly fussy, one-year-old Bryce.

He had been up at night and was disrupting his brothers’ e-learning during the day.