Norovirus puts nine NRGH patients in isolation

Norovirus puts nine NRGH patients in isolation

A Norwalk-like illness has put nine patients in isolation at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Norovirus was confirmed through laboratory tests after a weekend jump in reports of gastrointestinal illness at NRGH.

Infected patients are being kept on the fifth floor. Signs warn visitors to maintain safe practices to avoid spreading germs that transmit the virulent disease, sometimes known by the misnomer stomach flu...