Queensway Carleton Hospital 'beyond capacity' as flu cases mount in region

An overload of patients, including waves of flu patients, has prompted the jammed Queensway Carleton Hospital to ask the public to stay away if possible this weekend.
For only the second time in its history, the hospital has issued a “Code Orange” alert, meaning every bed is full and even the hospital’s “surge” capacity has been used up.
The first Code Orange occurred just last month.
Last Sunday, the QCH had 272 patients in its emergency room, close to an all-time