The Detroit News. Hospitals fear flu influx Metro Detroit facilities draw up emergency plans to deal with bed shortages, add staff Flu vaccine The Michigan Department of Community Health encourages the public to contact primary care doctors or local health departments about where and when to get flu shots. January and February are always peak demand months for hospitals, largely due to the flu. Last year at this time, Detroit hospitals overloaded with flu patients turned away all but the most serious medical cases and rescheduled elective surgeries. Health providers first inoculated only high-risk patients, such as seniors or those with chronic medical conditions, such as kidney disease.
Nobody knows how it's going to peak or even when.