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Opinion: Prolonged hospital stays can leave children isolated. It needs to change
The article describes a child's prolonged hospital stay marked by isolation, medical equipment, and lack of comfort. Nurses noted the child had not smiled in weeks, and her room was filled with machines and plastic tubes, with only a stuffed unicorn as a companion.
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