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Raleigh, N.C. ? The number of patients complaining of flu-like symptoms has spiked in hospital emergency rooms across the Triangle in recent weeks.
At WakeMed in Raleigh, for example, emergency room physicians treated about 300 people last month for flu, compared with 32 in December.
Dr. Robert Park said the the number is soaring because many people have skipped getting a flu shot this season after worries about the H1N1 flu virus prompted more people to get vaccinated a year ago.
"Last year, there was no flu really, no major flu season," Park said. "This year, it's come back with vengeance."
Asi Jackson said he simply didn't think about getting a flu shot.
At WakeMed in Raleigh, for example, emergency room physicians treated about 300 people last month for flu, compared with 32 in December.
Dr. Robert Park said the the number is soaring because many people have skipped getting a flu shot this season after worries about the H1N1 flu virus prompted more people to get vaccinated a year ago.
"Last year, there was no flu really, no major flu season," Park said. "This year, it's come back with vengeance."
Asi Jackson said he simply didn't think about getting a flu shot.
