Prague hospitals have no more beds for hepatitis patients

Hospitals in Prague have no more beds for patients with hepatitis, the news agency ČTK reported on Friday. The Czech capital and the central Bohemian region saw an epidemic of the disease during the summer, with 350 Prague inhabitants infected since the beginning of the year. Last week, 62 people came down with hepatitis A in the capital. The infection department of the Na Bulovce hospital said they would offer another 29 beds normally used by another department. Pharmacies in Prague also report a lack of hepatitis vaccines; the State Institute for Drug Control has approved additional imports of the drug.