Norovirus infects 45 staff members at Jewish General Hospital
An outbreak of norovirus among staff members at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital led to the temporary closure of the neurology clinic last week, CBC has learned.
About 45 employees at the hospital came down with flu-like symptoms last week after eating food from the auxiliary-run coffee shop.
The coffee shop, which is run separately from the main cafeteria, serves hundreds of staff and visitors to the hospital each day.
Last week, several staff members at the neurology clinic fell ill with flu-like symptoms including diarrhea, cramps, and fever.
The clinic was closed for half a day on Thursday and all of Friday.
"The hospital is very concerned about the safety of its staff and of its visitors," said hospital spokesman Glenn Nashen.
Until the infection prevention and control team determines the specific cause of the outbreak, the coffee shop will remain closed, according to hospital officials.
Nashen said as far as the hospital knows, only staff at the hospital caught the virus.
He expects the hospital to be back to normal by Monday.
