UK hospital apologises for signs to coronavirus isolation facility

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Middlesbrough hospital admits staff not adequately briefed after family unable to find unit
An NHS hospital trust has apologised for not providing “robust signage” towards its coronavirus isolation unit after a woman who feared she had the infection was unable to find the facility, and instead wandered into the oncology department.
The woman, who had developed flu-like symptoms after visiting Singapore and Hong Kong, was advised by a microbiology doctor through the NHS 111 service to self-refer at James Cook University hospital in Middlesbrough, where “pods” designed to prevent the spread of coronavirus had been established. Continue reading...

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