Quebec ERs filled beyond capacity with season respiratory illnesses

Quebec’s emergency rooms continue to deal with major overcrowding as people with seasonal respiratory infections, including an aggressive H3N2 flu that hit early and hard this year are turning to hospitals for treatment.
And for those with underlying medical conditions — asthma, lung disease like COPD, kidney and heart conditions — the flu can be deadly.
Also, this year’s vaccine has a lacklustre performance, pegged at about 10 per cent, if the response to the vaccine in