Operations cancelled because of new superbug

29-11-2006 14:21

A number of medical procedures were called off in one of the "biggest" hospitals in the UK due to a possible fatal superbug.

Three wards have been shut down at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham after clostridium difficile virus - known as C-Diff spread.

It is thought to have impacted on both medical workers and patients.

The virus leaves individuals with chronic diarrhoea and can result in critical sickness and perhaps even death, with senior citizens and the infirm especially at risk.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is quoted as saying in the Mirror newspaper: "We have closed three wards to new admissions."