Re: UK - Norovirus cases 2012
Sickness bug shuts four wards at University Hospital of North Staffordshire
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
By Dave Blackhurst
FOUR wards have been closed to new patients because of a bug outbreak at Staffordshire's biggest hospital.
The restrictions mean up to 80 beds at the 1,100-bed University Hospital of North Staffordshire are out of action and unable to take emergency cases from its overstretched A&E unit.
The wards have been sealed off to new admissions to help tackle cases of the winter vomiting bug.
Hospital officials today urged visitors with the symptoms of the so-called norovirus to stay away from the hospital.
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Sickness bug shuts four wards at University Hospital of North Staffordshire
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
By Dave Blackhurst
FOUR wards have been closed to new patients because of a bug outbreak at Staffordshire's biggest hospital.
The restrictions mean up to 80 beds at the 1,100-bed University Hospital of North Staffordshire are out of action and unable to take emergency cases from its overstretched A&E unit.
The wards have been sealed off to new admissions to help tackle cases of the winter vomiting bug.
Hospital officials today urged visitors with the symptoms of the so-called norovirus to stay away from the hospital.
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