Hospitals under strain from swine flu

Hospitals are showing signs of being under strain from the tide of flu sufferers.

Dunedin and Southland hospitals are preparing to take patients from Christchurch, which is inundated with swine flu cases. Christchurch Hospital has eight people in its intensive care unit.

With intensive care units around the country filling up, some operations may have to be deferred.

- NEWSTALK ZB