HOW does Mr Birdsall, GWH spokesman, know the two viruses that closed a ward were brought in by an unsuspecting visitor?

Unless he knows the original source, its a sweeping statement to make.

With several thousand medical staff that come and go 24/7 it's more likely to have been brought in by them. In fact anyone from the porter to the consultant or even a hospital manager.

DENISE MARGIOTTA

Leighton Avenue