UK hospital, hit by cyberattack, resorts to paper and postpones procedures

A British hospital is grappling with a major cyberattack that has crippled its IT systems and disrupted patient care.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH), part of the NHS, revealed on Monday that it had suffered a cybersecurity incident that continues to cause problems, and has forced its hospitals to postpone appointments and scheduled procedures.

WUTH, which manages Arrowe Park Hospital, Clatterbridge Hospital, and Wirral Women and Children’s Hospital, proactively isolated its IT syst