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Flu outbreak puts Chicago-area hospitals on bypass
Updated at 07:48 AM today
ABC7 reporters Jessica D'Onofrio and Ben Bradley
January 8, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The flu outbreak in the Chicago area seems to be getting worse with some hospitals telling ambulances to take patients elsewhere.
Tuesday morning, at least three Chicago-area hospitals remained on bypass. Northwestern Memorial, University of Chicago and Swedish Covenant were asking ambulances to pass them by, if they could do so safely, because so many people are flooding into their emergency rooms with the flu.
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Eight local hospitals were on bypass for at least part of Monday night.
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Doctors say that 70 to 80 percent of the coughs around you are from the flu.
Influenza is so contagious, hospitals are distributing masks and isolating carriers.
"We make sure they're in their own room, separate from other patients, so it doesn't get spread from person to person," Dr. Feldman said.
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Updated at 07:48 AM today
ABC7 reporters Jessica D'Onofrio and Ben Bradley
January 8, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The flu outbreak in the Chicago area seems to be getting worse with some hospitals telling ambulances to take patients elsewhere.
Tuesday morning, at least three Chicago-area hospitals remained on bypass. Northwestern Memorial, University of Chicago and Swedish Covenant were asking ambulances to pass them by, if they could do so safely, because so many people are flooding into their emergency rooms with the flu.
...
Eight local hospitals were on bypass for at least part of Monday night.
...
Doctors say that 70 to 80 percent of the coughs around you are from the flu.
Influenza is so contagious, hospitals are distributing masks and isolating carriers.
"We make sure they're in their own room, separate from other patients, so it doesn't get spread from person to person," Dr. Feldman said.
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More...
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