SUNDAY PlanoStarCourier JANUARY 19, 2014 A Star Local Media Publication VOLUME 123, NUMBER 43 www.starlocalmedia.com $1.50 Plano hospital Home Delivery Only $1.34 a Week Plano woman season’s 39th flu statistics Call 972-424-9504 since Dec. 1 Baylor Plano: 40 INSIDE TODAY admitted, 29 currently flu-related death in North Texas hospitalized Texas Health Plano: 643 in ER with symp- BAYLOR ACTIVATES CODE YELLOW PLAN toms, 71 admitted, 75 positive flu tests Medical Center of BRITTANY FEAGANS “This current activation is a currently hospitalized. Baylor manager of infection preven-
[email protected] Plano: 96 positive proactive alert which is de- Plano has admitted 40 patients, tion at Texas Health Plano. flu tests The death of a woman in her signed to allow us to streamline with 29 currently hospitalized, “That is the difference in itself. 50s became the 39th flu-related requests for resources,” Mc- in the same time frame. Usually, we don’t see so many death in North Texas this sea- Dowell said in a release. “We By comparison, Texas Health admissions for flu. It makes us started becoming more of an son, and the third in Plano. prepare for activations like this Presbyterian Hospital Plano think that the flu strain is a lit- issue, the health department SPORTS On Thursday, Baylor Health one year-round. We are effec- has treated 643 patients with tle more sever because people asked the hospitals to start re- Care System activated its Code tively managing the need for flu or flu-like symptoms in its are getting so sick.” porting all flu deaths.