Nutrient Shortages Hurt Local Infants, Area Hospitals

WASHINGTON - It sounds like a Third World problem: Hospitals are rationing, bartering and hoarding critical nutrients that premature infants need to survive. But it's a problem that's happening in the Washington area and in other major cities across the country.

In her article, "Children Are Dying," published in the May issue of Washingtonian Magazine, reporter Alexandra Robbins reports the nutrient shortage has been going on for about three years now.

"This is a national emergency, this is a public health crisis and the government isn't doing anything about it," Robbins says.
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