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Queensland Health struggling to contain legionella outbreaks in two towns
Updated 7 hours 17 minutes ago
Related Story: Patient dies after catching legionnaires' in hospital
Queensland Health says unique conditions are frustrating efforts to treat legionella bacteria outbreaks at two facilities in the state's south-west.
Traces of the potentially deadly bacteria were found in the operating theatre of Charleville Hospital and the nearby Waroona Nursing Home last month, and efforts to flush it out have proved unsuccessful.
Meryl Brumpton from the South West Hospital and Health Service says the region is a good breeding ground for the potentially deadly bacteria...
Queensland Health struggling to contain legionella outbreaks in two towns
Updated 7 hours 17 minutes ago
Related Story: Patient dies after catching legionnaires' in hospital
Queensland Health says unique conditions are frustrating efforts to treat legionella bacteria outbreaks at two facilities in the state's south-west.
Traces of the potentially deadly bacteria were found in the operating theatre of Charleville Hospital and the nearby Waroona Nursing Home last month, and efforts to flush it out have proved unsuccessful.
Meryl Brumpton from the South West Hospital and Health Service says the region is a good breeding ground for the potentially deadly bacteria...