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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Strep A: UK hospital postpones routine procedures amid ‘significant pressure’ caused by bacterial infections

All routine procedures at Belfast’s paediatric hospital have been postponed after an increase in children presenting with bacterial and viral infections.

In a statement on Wednesday evening, the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children said the hospital is experiencing “very significant pressures” with 227 children attending its emergency department on Tuesday.

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