Emergency rooms crowded as Austin experiences the worst flu season in 4 years

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Emergency room visits are at an all-time high as Austin doctors work through what they are calling the worst flu season in four years.
“The number of visits at health care systems, physician offices and urgent care centers over the past week has really exploded,” said Dr. Ken Mitchell, the chief medical officer of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center.
Mitchell says the hospital first started to see a spike in flu cases last December. According to offici