If there was ever a time to call your primary care doctor, it’s now.
That’s according to county and hospital system officials, who are saying if you are sick with flu-like symptoms, call your doctor before those symptoms become a crisis that requires the emergency room. Additionally, they are urging everyone to avoid the emergency room unless they are experiencing life-threatening symptoms, conditions or injuries.
Kaleida Health, Erie County Medical Center and Catholic Health all say they are overwhelmed with patients right now because of Subclade K – the strain of influenza A spreading like wildfire across the U.S…