Late yesterday it was revealed that Metro North Hospitals have had to postpone non-urgent surgeries for at least 48 hours, as a spike in flu and COVID cases overwhelmed the emergency department.

Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls told Dean Miller on 4BC Breakfast, "We've had over 250 hospitalised with the flu in the last week alone, and over 190 people hospitalised with COVID."

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