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Uptick in flu cases prompts San Diego County hospitals to erect overflow tents to ease ER burden

Por: Los Angeles Times Nation November 12, 2022

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San Diego County's early flu season has begun to put enough pressure on local emergency departments that patient care is sometimes spilling into parking lots. Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Jacobs Medical Center at UCSD Health in La Jolla and Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa all reported Friday that they have begun using overflow tents outside their normal emergency department buildings to handle a current increase of respiratory... + full article



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