Emergency Rooms Hit With Flu 'hysteria'

Emergency rooms hit with flu 'hysteria'

After a week of headlines about the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, many emergency rooms and hospitals are crammed with people, many of whom don't need to be there. "We are spending significant time in the emergency department, calming people down," says a doctor whose company oversees 18 emergency rooms in Southern California.

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