Arrowe Park hospital relaxes visitor restrictions after swine flu shut its doors




A HOSPITAL has relaxed its visitor restrictions after swine flu shut its doors.

Each patient can now have one visitor per session at Arrowe Park hospital.

The hospital was the only one in Merseyside to take the decision to axe visiting hours on December 30 last year.

Children are still not able enter the hospital as visitors, but parents can visit patients on the children’s ward.

Six people in Merseyside have died from the disease so far this winter.

Health chiefs have advised patients to check with the hospital before they attend clinics after several were cancelled.

THE ECHO