Post by LadyBlue on Jan 8, 2013 12:35:14 GMT -5
Chances are, you know someone who has been hit hard with the flu this season. Eleven Chicago-area hospitals are now on a bypass status - meaning they are so swamped with flu patients, they have to turn people away.
Illinois Department of Public Health spokeswoman Melaney Arnold said almost 150 people have been admitted to intensive care units with the flu this season and five have died. Forty-one states across the country are seeing an outbreak of the flu, and Illinois is among the hardest hit.
Influenza cases are straining the resources at hospital emergency rooms in the Chicago area.
Hospitals like Northwestern Medical Center and others in the area are on bypass status. So if you're in an ambulance because you have the flu, this hospital will have to turn you away. That doesn't mean people can't walk in there and still get treatment if they're okay to do so, but it's going to be a long wait.
www.foxnews.com/health/2013/01/08/chicago-area-hospitals-turning-away-patients-due-to-severe-flu-season/
Illinois Department of Public Health spokeswoman Melaney Arnold said almost 150 people have been admitted to intensive care units with the flu this season and five have died. Forty-one states across the country are seeing an outbreak of the flu, and Illinois is among the hardest hit.
Influenza cases are straining the resources at hospital emergency rooms in the Chicago area.
Hospitals like Northwestern Medical Center and others in the area are on bypass status. So if you're in an ambulance because you have the flu, this hospital will have to turn you away. That doesn't mean people can't walk in there and still get treatment if they're okay to do so, but it's going to be a long wait.
www.foxnews.com/health/2013/01/08/chicago-area-hospitals-turning-away-patients-due-to-severe-flu-season/
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