Coronavirus infections spotted among Laakso Hospital patients

Coronavirus infections have been found at ward 10 in Laakso Hospital, where six patients have been infected, said the City of Helsinki in a press release.

The first infection was diagnosed on 25 November.

All patients of the ward have been tested for coronavirus. The whole staff of the ward will also be tested.

As a precautionary measure the ward has been isolated and the patients are treated in their own rooms.

The nurses are wearing full corona protection equipment. New patients are not taken into the ward at the moment.

“We take the situation seriously. We have followed the protection instructions closely at all times,” said the hospital’s Medical Doctor Laura Pikkarainen.

The authorities contacted the relatives of the infected patients and told them about the situation. Relatives can’t visit the ward at the moment.

“We are looking for the source of the infections but we don’t yet know more about it,” added Pikkarainen.

Laakso Hospital has wards for acute geriatrics, trauma rehabilitation, follow-up rehabilitation of patients with cerebrovascular disorder, and treatment of infections.

In addition, the treatment of patients with severe coronavirus infection has been centralised to Laakso Hospital.

Laakso Hospital has a total of 302 ward places. The hospital area also includes Laakso Corona Health Station, a lending station for assistive devices, a geriatric outpatient clinic, and services related to substance abuse and psychiatry, in addition to an imaging unit of HUS.