Doctors at the Pearl City Urgent Care say they’ve seen an increase in flu cases.
Dr. Melanie Kelly, Board Certified, Internal Emergency Medicine, is Medical Director of Pearl City Urgent Care. She has been an Emergency Medicine Physician in Hawaii for over 25 years. “We have had an upsurge in patients who have tested positive for influenza over the past two weeks indicating a late flu season on Oahu. A number have required IVs, or x-rays for pneumonia.”
Dr. Kelly adds, “One flu patient reported waiting at a local ER for seven hours without being seen, then left and came to us for treatment. She was in and out within an hour!”
The flu season typically starts in December and peaks in February.
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