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  • Ireland: Typhoid exposure alert at Wexford General Hospital

    Source: https://www.thesun.ie/news/3040633/p...eral-hospital/

    Up to 70 patients contacted over fears of typhoid outbreak at Wexford General Hospital
    Health authorities alerted people who were treated in the hospital at the same time that a patient confirmed as having the highly contagious disease
    By Harry Manning
    28th August 2018, 12:14 pm
    Updated: 28th August 2018, 1:06 pm

    HEALTH authorities have contacted up to 70 patients at Wexford General Hospital in August over fears of a typhoid outbreak.

    Those alerted were being treated at the hospital at the same time that a patient was confirmed as having the highly contagious disease.

    The patient suffering from the illness presented himself to the hospital?s emergency department on August 7 and was admitted with a gastrointestinal complaint.

    It is feared other patients may have used the same toilet facilities as the person concerned.

    The Ireland East Hospital Group (IEHG) confirmed in a statement to the Irish Sun that the risk of ?further contagion? had been assessed as low...

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