Flu forecast bleak for swamped Waikato Emergency DepartmentKELLY HODEL / STUFF The number of people presenting to ED in January and February was equal to those seen in the thick of winter, emergency department clinical nurse director Mary-Anne Spence says. (file photo)A bafflingly busy summer has left the Waikato Hospital's Emergency Department scrambling to equip the hospital in preparation for a nasty winter flu season. And staff are concerned that an especially bad flu season could see the department swamped. Especially if New Zealand is hit with the same deadly flu strain A (H3N2) that killed hundreds in the northern hemisphere. "If we have 100 patients in the Emergency Department and it can really only fit 60, that's going to be a tough day.

Source: Stuff May 01, 2018 03:45 UTC