Kitchener’s Grand River Hospital has declared an outbreak of a gastro-intestinal illness in its specialized mental health unit.
A hospital spokesman says 10 patients at the Freeport Campus have symptoms that are consistent with a stomach virus.
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He says the hospital will isolate the patients and limit visitors so the virus doesn’t spread, and will also be aggressively cleaning the unit.
The restrictions will not be lifted until the hospital has been free of new cases of the virus for five days.