Northern Health is advising McBride residents that gastrointestinal illness is circulating in the community and affecting staff and patients at the McBride Hospital.
Northern Health asks that visits to patients of McBride be avoided. If the situation is urgent and visitors feel they must enter the hospital, please ensure you are feeling well. Northern Health strongly implores visitors with recent gastrointestinal illness symptoms not visit patients until they have been symptom free for at least 48 hours.