SIX wards have been closed at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary after an outbreak of sickness and diarrhoea.
Hospital bosses took the decision after the norovirus stomach bug spread among patients.
Ward 1, a medical assessment unit, surgical ward 3 and elderly care wards 6 and 7 were all closed.
Wards 19 and 20, which are both orthopaedic units, have also been closed.
Bosses at Calderdale Royal Infirmary have also shut three wards after patients suffered with the same outbreak.
The elderly patient wards and medical unit were closed on Monday.
The NHS Trust has restricted admissions onto some of the wards and transfers out to help stop the stomach bug spreading.
David Birkenhead, the trust’s director of infection prevention and control, said: “We have had an outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting caused by a virus known as norovirus.
“As this is very easily spread from person to person we would like to send an important message to the public – please do not visit friends or relatives in our hospitals if you have sickness or diarrhoea. It can also spread like wildfire through hospitals, nursing homes, schools and other community settings.
“We all have to work together to stamp it out and if you are unwell then not visiting people in hospital is your way of helping.”
Hospital bosses have been monitoring the outbreak regularly since Monday.
Director of nursing Helen Thomson said: “Residents can rest assured that we are tackling the problem and that if they need a hospital bed one will be available.”
The outbreak is not affecting hospital admissions or emergency treatment.
