Sick Notes Clog Emergency Room

Riverside Health Care Facilities is appealing to employers to reconsider their sick-note policies during the flu season.

They're concern with the number of people who have been visiting the emergency departments only to seek notes.

Some employers request the notes as proof their workers are sick.

In a release, Emergency Physician Doctor John Nelson says the emergency departments are meant for critically ill patients, not people who require a back-to-work slip.

Hospital officials say if you have flu-like symptoms, stay home.