Quebecers urged to avoid ERs amid flu and respiratory virus 'maelstrom'

A sign directs ambulances at Sainte-Justine hospital in Montreal, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

MONTREAL - Quebecers are being urged to avoid unnecessary emergency-room visits amid what one infectious-disease doctor is calling a respiratory virus "maelstrom."

McGill University Health Centre doctor Donald Vinh says the emergency room is "bursting at the seams" as the province grapples with a combination of flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.

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