THE dreaded ‘quad-demic’ has finally hit, with four winter bugs overwhelming NHS hospitals all at once, new figures confirm.
Several A&E departments have been forced to declare ‘critical incidents’ with many hospitals “full to bursting” as patients collapse in waiting rooms, staff warn.
PAThe quad-emic of flu, Covid, norovirus and RSV is overwhelming hospitals[/caption]There were an average of 5,408 flu patients on wards each day in the week to January 5, new NHS data shows.