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Wesley to remain in lockdown after legionnaires' outbreak
Date June 9, 2013 - 7:30PM</TIME>
A major Brisbane hospital will remain in lockdown for at least another week, with all admissions cancelled and surgeries suspended after a deadly outbreak of legionnaires' disease.
A 60-year-old man died and a 46-year-old woman remains in intensive care after they contracted legionnaires' disease at the Wesley Hospital.
Legionella bacteria was found in the taps of a room in the hospital?s east wing where the 60-year-old cancer patient contracted the disease more than a week ago and died last Sunday.
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The hospital's entire water system is now being flushed out with boiling water in a bid to kill the legionella bacteria and will also be treated with a cocktail of chemicals.
??It?s the hot water system we?re focused on," UnitingCare Health chief executive Richard Royle said.
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/quee...#ixzz2VjytNv00
Date June 9, 2013 - 7:30PM</TIME>
A major Brisbane hospital will remain in lockdown for at least another week, with all admissions cancelled and surgeries suspended after a deadly outbreak of legionnaires' disease.
A 60-year-old man died and a 46-year-old woman remains in intensive care after they contracted legionnaires' disease at the Wesley Hospital.
Legionella bacteria was found in the taps of a room in the hospital?s east wing where the 60-year-old cancer patient contracted the disease more than a week ago and died last Sunday.
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The hospital's entire water system is now being flushed out with boiling water in a bid to kill the legionella bacteria and will also be treated with a cocktail of chemicals.
??It?s the hot water system we?re focused on," UnitingCare Health chief executive Richard Royle said.
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/quee...#ixzz2VjytNv00
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