Mount Druitt Hospital closed its emergency department after a patient with the virus visited.(Nine) As a precaution, we are ensuring that all staff or patients who may have had inadvertent contact are assessed and appropriate public health measures put in place, Dr Chant said. The emergency department has been extensively and thoroughly cleaned and is now coming back online. So just want to thank the cooperation of the residents of that area and local GPs for that impact on the service.
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The patient was transferred to Westmead Hospital where he remains today.
The ED at Mount Druitt was closed for a period of time and ambulances were told to bypass it.