Visiting restrictions in place at mayo general hospital

VISITING restrictions are in place in Mayo General Hospital due to some patients displaying symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting usually caused by Norovirus, commonly known as the winter vomiting bug.

To avoid spreading the virus, anyone with recent symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting or who has had contact with others who have these symptoms should not visit the hospital.

Due to the possibility of the virus in the Elderly Medicine Ward, B Ward and the Intensive Care Unit, visitors will be restricted in these areas and visiting to non-affected areas will be strictly limited to visiting times as a precautionary measure. The regular hospital visiting times are between 2 and 4 p.m. and between 6.30 and 8.30 p.m. and must be strictly adhered to. Arrangements will be made for family members of critically ill patients on the affected wards to visit; this should be arranged through the nurse on duty in the ward prior to arrival at the hospital.

These measures are in place to reduce the risk of the virus being brought into the hospital or spreading to other areas/departments within the hospital to protect ill and vulnerable patients in the hospital.