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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Liberty Sheldon & Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Hospital closes its cardiac arrest unit and diverts patients due to staff shortages

A hospital was forced to close its cardiac arrest unit and divert patients 25 miles away because it couldn't cope with sudden staff shortages.

The Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, had to tell people to travel 40 minutes away on Saturday and Sunday after a number of team members call in sick.

Although the emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention service resumed on Monday, the decision caused frustration, HertsLive report.

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