A total of 60 people, mostly patients and a few members of medical staff, fell ill when a wave of gastroenteritis broke out in St Luke’s Hospital more than a week ago.

A spokesperson at St Luke’s Hospital confirmed with this newspaper that the outbreak did take place but that action was taken on the same day.

Although the spokesperson did not specify the source of the outbreak reported on Friday 27 April, he said that it has been successfully contained and the Public Health department is still awaiting results.

The affected patients were isolated and placed in ward M4 until they recovered. Members of medical staff who fell sick were released from their duties to reduce contagion as much as possible.