Emergency departments across Virginia are seeing a surge in respiratory illnesses, driven largely by an increase in flu cases, according to officials at Sentara Leigh Hospital.
Dr. Ryan Tomberg, medical director of the emergency department at Sentara Leigh, said high patient volumes are putting pressure on hospitals statewide.
“The emergency departments are packed,” Tomberg said. “Our team has been working extremely hard together to take care of everybody that comes in.”
Tomberg said this flu season has produced some of the highest case numbers seen in years, both across the Commonwealth and at Sentara Leigh…