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'We're a small hospital with a big heart': How Rochdale Infirmary is making sure thousands of patients who don't have Covid get urgent care in the pandemic

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direct to your inboxOn the edge of the town centre, with the snow-capped Pennines looming in the far distance, Rochdale Infirmary is bustling with patients.From the first member of staff the Manchester Evening News encounters - Jimmy, who works as a groundsman, and knows everyone - to the clinicians, everyone is welcoming.

The hospital has an important role in the coronavirus pandemic as a green (or Covid secure site), which has taken on essential surgery from other hospitals across Greater Manchester that otherwise would have been delayed.

It has dedicated theatres which only treat patients who are Covid-free who need urgent procedures, such as cancer treatment.

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