Stories Related to Winchester Hospital Reports Scabies Infection

Melissa Russell, Winchester Star: Health
Fri, 07/28/2017 - 8:38am

Winchester Hospital announced Thursday that a recently admitted patient may have had an active scabies infection at the time of admission.The announcement came in the form of a letter to patients at the hospital, which was shared with the Star by hospital spokesman Dan Marra.Hospital employees who have shown symptoms of possible infection are being treated and will not return to work until risk of contagion has passed, according to the [...]

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