If you think you have flu, isolate.
That’s the call from the Clinical Director of St Luke’s Hospital as instances of the virus rise.
19 patients there have it and while most people are not too hard hit by it, some can be.
Professor Garry Courtney says we all have a part to play in preventing it from spreading – including his own team,
“We have vaccinated our staff, and we hope, and we’ll get through it without losing too many staff to flu, but of course staff have to stay at home like everybody else if they get the flu.”
“If somebody feels they have the flu, they can get advice from the HSE websites, it’s very good. Just go into the HSE website, look up flu or phone your GP, care doc, but don’t go out, don’t circle it, don’t go to parties if you feel you have the flu, don’t go to work.”
“You need to protect others as well as yourself.”
