A Scots health board has been ordered to apologise to a patient who was left suffering from a rare brain infection.
11.12.2021 - 13:21 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots hospital ward has been closed to new admissions due to a Covid-19 outbreak, an NHS spokesman said.
NHS Highland said Ward 7a at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, is shut to new admissions and visitors following the detection of a small number of Covid-19 cases.
Patients are being clinically assessed and monitored with normal in-patient care continuing.
The NHS spokesman said: "There is no evidence of any link between these cases and those in ward 5a, which also remains closed to new
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