NHS Lothian has issued urgent advice to the public on rise of respiratory viruses that are heaping extra pressure on the hospital system.
Health bosses warned St John’s Hospital in Livingston was at full capacity on Friday.
Cases of Flu are surging and there are still high levels of covid and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), as well as norovirus, causing hospitals and GPs in Lothian to be stretched beyond capacity.
