The Whitsunday community is being asked not to visit patients at Proserpine Hospital unless it’s absolutely essential due to the number of patients with gastroenteritis.
Limiting visitors and non-urgent Emergency Department presentations will help stop more people becoming unwell.
People should see their pharmacist, GP or call 13 HEALTH for non-urgent health conditions.
Gastro spreads easily and the best way to stop the spread is by washing your hands thoroughly with soap and running water before handling and eating food, after using the toilet, changing nappies or assisting someone who has diarrhoea or vomiting.
For more info visit
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/154013/gp-tph-gastro.pdf
