Valley Az ERs Overrun with Flu Victims

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Valley Emergency Rooms Overrun with Flu Victims

January 24th, 2008 @ 2:34pm by Bob McClay/KTAR

Valley emergency rooms are being swamped with people coming in with

cold and flu symptoms.

Many hospitals were put on diversion Wednesday night, with fire

dispatchers sending ambulances to the next nearest hospital.

Amy Forsberg of Glendale's Banner Thunderbird Medical Center expects

more of the same Thursday night.

" We're busy right now, we're predicting it's going to be a busy night

and that this will continue through, " she said. " We've done a lot of

flexing in our department to be able to accommodate as many patients

and serve the community with this flood of RSV and the flu. "

Forsberg said it's been a fairly light flu season until now. She said

all Valley hospitals are now restricting the areas where children can

go in their facilities.

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