Visitors to Hull Royal Infirmary urged to wear face masks
That's due to an increase of flu and norovirus cases
Visitors to Hull Royal Infirmary are being urged to wear face masks due to an increase in flu and Norovirus cases over the past week.
Staff will be wearing masks in all clinical areas.
Doctors say some patients with viruses are in a critical condition.
People with signs of flu, diarrhoea and vomiting are being asked to avoid coming to the hospital to visit patients.
Dr Debbie Wearmouth, Infection Doctor at Hull University Teaching Hospitals, said: “We are asking visitors to wear masks in wards, clinics and clinical departments to help us protect our patients, already vulnerable through illness and injury, so they don’t catch these potentially serious illnesses.
“We’ve been seeing an increasing number of patients with bugs, currently circulating in our communities, and some of them are very seriously ill, requiring critical care.
“Wearing masks when you come to Hull Royal Infirmary, either as a visitor or to attend appointments, will help us stop these infections spreading further.”