PUBLIC URGED TO AVOID HOSPITAL DUE TO VOMITING BUG

Date Published: 09-Jan-2008

The public is being asked not to visit friends or relatives at University Hospital Galway until a suspected outbreak of a vomiting bug has passed.A number of cases of the illness have occurred in a short space of time in one ward.Microbiologist at UHG Professor Martin Cormican is urging visitors top stay away, where possible.Members of the public with symptoms of viral gastroenteritis should not go to the Emergency Department at UHG, but should contact their GP.Professor Martin Cormican advises people to be more scruplious about their hand hygeine as he says it's very easy for the illness to spread.