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His cell phone is ringing. It's a nursing supervisor with an increasingly
common problem: too many young patients, not enough beds. In this
case, there's a boy at Mills Peninsula who's having serious complications
following a Packard liver transplant. The child needs to come back
immediately, but that means postponing someone else's admission.
It's not a nice part of the job—but Cohen knows it's his and
the hospital's responsibility to provide care for the sickest children
first. With so many families drawn to Packard these days, Cohen
explains, "It's the agony of victory. Four years ago we may
have had to do this three times the whole year. This past year,
we have to deal with it daily."
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