Child hospitalized for more than one month after flu complications

Christopher Page-Goertz, MD, a pediatric intensivist at Akron Children's, discusses the importance of getting the flu shot in light of 12-year-old Riane Rine, who has been hospitalized for more than a month in the pediatric intensive care unit with complications from the flu. Originally aired on http://www.fox8.com on March 13, 2019.

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