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At Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica, they have so many people flooding their emergency room that they had to set up a tent to handle the overflow.

"We have been able to reduce from having approximately 140 patients, roughly about 50/50 in terms of children and adults to maybe about 20 patients now," said Queens Hospital Center Executive Director George Proctor.

Hospitals throughout Queens and other affected areas have been saying ER waits have been anywhere between two to six hours to see a doctor.

"Our emergency departments are running way above the normal numbers we see this time of year. About 50 percent above average for adults, more than 100 percent above average for pediatric patients," said Health & Hospitals Corporation President Alan Aviles.

While hospitals may be coming up with creative ways to handle the influx, the patient load doesn't seem to be dropping as more families keep coming in because they are worried their kids are experiencing flu-like symptoms.

New York Hospital Queens has also been seeing an increase of patients filling up their ER department wearing face masks because of H1N1 concerns.

Doctors are calling the majority of their patients "the worried well" because none of them are extremely sick. Most have mild flu symptoms, cold or allergies.

Doctors are now encouraging people not to come to emergency rooms unless they have really severe symptoms.

"Patients who are not drinking enough, not urinating, can't stand up without passing out or those with preexisting conditions," said New York Hospital Queens Doctor Gregg Rusczyk.

Still, many concerned patients are leaving hospitals uncomforted and unsatisfied because they aren't being tested for H1N1 or even regular, seasonal flu.

"The reason I came was to test to see if he has the swine flu. But they are not testing for the swine flu," said one concerned parent.

Another thing hospitals are hoping patients can keep in mind is that if they show up in an ER, there is no test doctors can give for H1N1 -- only the health department has the capability of doing that.

Also, they are only testing those who come in with severe symptoms for seasonal flu, because the best advice for people with mild symptoms is to stay home, drink fluids and rest up.