Area Flu Cases Reach 'Intense' Levels
Flu season hits hard, but Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare fights back.
Area health agencies are reporting that this year's flu season is particularly intense. Never in the past decade has the flu season started this early, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The flu season typically peaks in February, the CDC reports, but this year the flu has caused many people to visit their local emergency rooms as early as December. Elmhurst Memorial Hospital already has documented more than 400 cases of flu. On Dec. 26, its emergency room staff cared for more than 214 flu patients in a 24-hour period. NBC News reported this week that 11 state hospitals went on bypass mode Tuesday, sending non-critical patients to other hospitals. At Elmhurst Hospital, a "pod" of extra rooms was opened to treat the overflow of …
B Rush
12:12 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Those who do get sick should stay home so they don't spread any germs. everybody is still here at work sick and they should stay home. more ›