SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -
A doctor with Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls says an outbreak of a respiratory disease has forced the hospital to find more beds for sick children.
Health officials say the number of cases of respiratory syncytial virus -- or RSV -- has been on the rise in recent weeks. They say this year's outbreak is particularly severe.
State epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger says two people have died from it so far this year in South Dakota.
Joe Segeleon is a pediatrics critical care physician with Sanford Children's Hospital. He tells The Argus Leader that the hospital has seen an "extraordinary jump" in the number of RSV cases.
He says the hospital had to open up an auxiliary wing in the main part of the hospital because of the outbreak.
