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Rise in reported flu cases across Central Texas
by JIM BERGAMO / KVUE News and photojournalist JOHN GUSKY
khou.com
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 6:07 PM
Updated today at 6:21 PM
...Doctors who sees patients at the Scott & White Urgent Care office in Round Rock say initially respiratory illnesses other than flu were taking up most of her time.
"Now we're seeing an increase in the last two weeks of the influenza virus," said Yoon Sin Kim, M.D., Scott & White Healthcare. "Particularly influenza B is a little higher right now."
In fact, Scott & White's emergency room in Round Rock reported this past Sunday was its busiest day ever. Similar situations are playing out in healthcare systems across Central Texas.
"Our ER's are all busy," said Jim Donavan, M.D., chief medical officer St. David's Georgetown. "We're seeing 10 to 15 more patients than we usually do and the majority of those are flu-like illnesses..."
Rise in reported flu cases across Central Texas
by JIM BERGAMO / KVUE News and photojournalist JOHN GUSKY
khou.com
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 6:07 PM
Updated today at 6:21 PM
...Doctors who sees patients at the Scott & White Urgent Care office in Round Rock say initially respiratory illnesses other than flu were taking up most of her time.
"Now we're seeing an increase in the last two weeks of the influenza virus," said Yoon Sin Kim, M.D., Scott & White Healthcare. "Particularly influenza B is a little higher right now."
In fact, Scott & White's emergency room in Round Rock reported this past Sunday was its busiest day ever. Similar situations are playing out in healthcare systems across Central Texas.
"Our ER's are all busy," said Jim Donavan, M.D., chief medical officer St. David's Georgetown. "We're seeing 10 to 15 more patients than we usually do and the majority of those are flu-like illnesses..."