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| Leicester Royal Infirmary closes wards over swine flu | |
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| Three wards at Leicester's Royal Infirmary have closed after 16 cancer patients were diagnosed with swine flu. | |
| The patients, who are suffering with the H1N1 strain of influenza, have been isolated to avoid an outbreak, the hospital said. | |
| Another three people with the virus are being treated at the city's Glenfield Hospital. | |
| Doctors have asked for anyone suffering from cold and flu symptoms to stay away from the sites. | |
| "Sixteen patients on three haematology wards at the Leicester Royal Infirmary have developed symptoms that have been confirmed as flu. | |
| "All necessary precautions were taken and these patients have been isolated to avoid an outbreak," Liz Collins, lead nurse for infection prevention said. | |
| The three patients at Glenfield Hospital are receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) - a treatment for people with severe heart or lung problems. | |
| 'Difficult situation' | |
| Dr Philip Monk, from Public Health England, said it was unlikely it would ever be known how the flu got onto the wards. | |
| "It is a normal winter - and swine flu is the normal flu and the number of cases is not that high across the East Midlands," he said. | |
| "Obviously, when it gets into a clinical setting where people are very vulnerable then this is a difficult situation to manage." | |
| "Everything is being done and it is under control", he added. | |
| Swine flu |