NEW WESTMINSTER (NEWS1130) – Its symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, and it’s a highly contagious disease common this time of year.
Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster is dealing with an outbreak of the Norovirus.
Tasleem Juma with Fraser Health says 12 patients and 6 staff members caught the virus a few days ago.
“We are still dealing with two floors that have been closed due to the virus. This is a measure in order to contain the spread of the virus. Patients are continuing to be discharged when they are ready to be sent home,” says Juma.
She says the quarantine will continue for at least three more days.
“As long as there are no new cases for the next 72 hours, then the outbreak can be declared over,” adds Juma.
To stop further spread of the Norovirus she says workers at the hospital are being extra careful.
“We are taking measures to enhance cleaning, to limit visitor hours, in and out access of rooms. We encourage visitors who do come to hospital to wash their hands,” advises Juma.
If anyone has a bad case of the flu that doesn’t seem to go away, people are encouraged to go to emergency.
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If we had cleaning staff that actually cleaned the spread of germs would not happpen. Yes, I have seen them clean the toliet and use the same nasty water and clothes to clean patients room and the nursing station. It is disgusting! If you try and inform them of this; then all of a sudden they dont speak English. They creep around looking for places to hide for they can sleep, they are the laziest people I have ever seen. They made a decision to take this job, andd if they dont like it, then go back to school and educate yourself and move on to a different job, HOWEVER, you are the cleaner so bloody well clean……..
This illness has nothing to do with “the flu” which refers only to influenza. What we call “the flu” is a respiratory disease lasting at least ten days which tends to leave its victims with a persistent cough. The illness caused by the Norovirus seldom lasts more than a day and is very much like food poisoning with nausea, vomiting, cramps and diarrhea.
Two entirely types of disease yet the media keep getting them confused.
Yup. I work there and I’ve seen the cleaners use the same bucket of dirty water to mop up a bathroom then proceed to mop up the floors in the patient areas.
I don’t know about you, but more money wouldn’t make me magically clean toilets better or motivate me to do a better job.
At least your toilets are being cleaned. Where I work, they don’t even clean the toilets properly.
This is what you get when you contract out cleaning to companies that hire third world workers that have no sense of hygiene. For example, I have friends and family who are health care workers and they have seen these “cleaners” wipe down a toilet, then use the same cloth to wipe the door handles.
@Devil,
BINGO, You hit the nail on the head. …But would you care if you made the crappy wages that the cleaners do? Didn’t think so! The Liberals have driven BC into a hell hole