Chesterfield Royal Hospital Goes Into lockdown

[Kent]

Visited my mother last Saturday, guess what... wife, son and grand daughter have had Sickness & diarrhoea for up to 24 hrs
Touch wood.... I  am ok for now

[Pete]

The hospital is still locked down to visitors. Found this on the Derbyshire Times website:

"Sarah Turner-Saint, head of communications at the hospital, said: “It’s over a week since we took the unprecedented decision to close our adult in-patient wards to visitors to try and break the cycle of this outbreak – which is the worst we have known."

http://bit.ly/znUG0V

[Pete]

Open now according to the DT website.

[Pete]

Murphy ward is closed to visitors again.

http://bit.ly/yLFIG0

[therealjr]

Murphy ward is closed to visitors again.

http://bit.ly/yLFIG0

Which presumably continues to prove the theory that if it can go wrong it will?

[k4blades]

Ha Ha

[Fly]

Wards closing again 

http://www.peakfm.net/news/local/wards-close-to-visitors-at-chesterfield-royal-due-to-norovirus/

[Big Dave]

It's ridiculous, this has been going on since February. The last time I visited I wondered how often the wheelchairs are cleaned, the ones just inside the entrance for public use. Some of them were filthy but they're taken from ward to ward by visitors, spreading who knows what bugs as they go.

[Old Cruser]

Wheelchairs should be sanitised after each use - good point Dave I wonder if the hospital have thought about them?
My hubby went down down with a bug over Easter and I spent all day in bed yesterday with it.
Not nice! 

[Pete]

They really need to sort this out - and visitors need to follow the rules too.

[Big Dave]

I've had the trots since Friday and am in quarantine upstairs with supplies left at my door. At least I've got my laptop and a TV (not that daytime TV is anything to shout about).

The annoying thing is, I didn't go to the Royal to get it but caught it at a friend's house last Wednesday 

[Old Cruser]

It could be picked up in the bathroom Dave so family members not out of woods yet.
Hope you feel better soon.

[Big Dave]

Thanks OC, rest are pretty safe as we've an en suite in this wing of the palace....

[Old Cruser]

Sounds like you will be mucking it out then when you are well enough 

[Big Dave]

Urgh, don't........!