Winter vomiting bug strikes hospital

MORE than a quarter of elderly patients and a number of staff have been infected with the winter vomiting bug at a Waterford hospital.

By yesterday, 31 of the 122 elderly patients and 16 staff at St Patrick’s Hospital in Waterford City had fallen ill to the infection, which broke out almost two weeks ago.

The hospital has been closed to new patient admissions and visiting restrictions have been in place since the outbreak of the contagious bug at the geriatric hospital.