https://www.scmp.com/rss/512007/feed Odile Thiang, RN-PNP, is a paediatric nurse practitioner at Central Health. She started her career at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto. Her commitment to serving marginalised communities lead her to work on the improvement of mental health care, as well as working with survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, and vulnerable LGBTQ+ youth. In Hong Kong, she has focused her efforts on mental health and nursing education. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hospitalisation is a stressful experience for children and their families. Young children hospitalised without their parents or carers have reported feeling lonely, worried and as if they were being punished. Studies on children who have undergone isolated quarantines in previous pandemics found that up to 30 per cent met the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder. Not being able to accompany a child to hospital also leaves parents emotionally distressed, which can subsequently impact their... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3168942/separating-children-covid-19-parents-neither-safe-nor-necessary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3168942/separating-children-covid-19-parents-neither-safe-nor-necessary?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:30:31 +0000