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  • Scotland: Death of three cancer patients diagnosed with RSV

    Source: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/1..._two_patients/


    Cancer ward closed to new admissions after death of two patients
    Caroline Wilson / 5 hours ago / News

    A WARD at the Beatson Cancer Centre has closed to new admissions after two patients died after developing a respiratory virus.

    Seven people - including two staff - have tested positive with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).

    One other patient has been transferred to intensive care at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital but is said to be stable...

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    Source: http://www.scotsman.com/news/third-p...ntre-1-3979805


    Third patient dies after virus outbreak at cancer centre
    By Paul Ward
    Friday 18 December 2015

    A third patient treated in a cancer centre has died after the outbreak of a respiratory virus in a ward.

    The patient had been transferred to intensive care at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow earlier this week after contracting the virus while in the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre...

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