SICKNESS BUG LEADS TO WARD CLOSURE

A ward at Macclesfield Hospital has been closed to help prevent the spread of a sickness bug.

A diarrhoea and vomiting (D&V) virus is currently affecting a number of wards at the hospital.

Ward Four, a respiratory ward, has been closed in a bid to prevent the virus spreading.

And East Cheshire NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, is asking people with symptoms not to attend Accident and Emergency.

They are are being asked to use other other local facilities such as NHS Direct on 0845 46 47; their GP and local pharmacies, rather than attend the A&E.

Kath Senior, Director of Nursing, Performance and Quality states: