How Telehealth Enabled Critical Care For Newborns During COVID-19

When the COVID-19 pandemic began to sweep across the United Kingdom in March 2020, the government quickly moved to impose a stay-at-home order.  

But even as society ground to a halt, one thing stayed constant: Babies were being born, and they needed care.   

In Liverpool, England, the restrictions meant a sudden drop in availability for neonatologists.   

"There were beginning to be discussions about transferring neonatal surgical services to other centers," explained Dr. Christopher Dewhurst, the clinical director for the Family Health Division at Liverpool Women's Hospital and the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership.   

"Our neonatal service would not have survived in its current state without