Non-essential surgery and most patient visiting are suspended at Western Isles Hospital.
Western Isles Hospital's surgical ward has been closed to new non-emergency admissions until further notice.
The local health board said there would be an impact on planned surgical procedures and it would be contacting affected patients.NHS Western Isles said visits across the entire hospital had been temporarily restricted to essential only in an effort to protect patients and staff. The health board's chief executive Gordon Jamieson said it would be a number of days before elective surgery could return to normal."I do apologise to anyone who has had their care interrupted. That's a decision that is not taken lightly at all but it is taken in the interests of everybody's safety."
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