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Concern is raised over C.diff fatalities
Helen Puttick
Health Correspondent
Friday 3 May 2013
CONCERN has been raised over the deaths of patients from a new strain of a hospital bug in Scotland.
Three patients in the same region, which is reported to be Fife, have died after contracting the new form of Clostridium difficile (C.diff).
However, officials are refusing to identify where the outbreak occurred.
Health Protection Scotland (HPS) said it would not comment on reports the patients were treated in Fife...
Concern is raised over C.diff fatalities
Helen Puttick
Health Correspondent
Friday 3 May 2013
CONCERN has been raised over the deaths of patients from a new strain of a hospital bug in Scotland.
Three patients in the same region, which is reported to be Fife, have died after contracting the new form of Clostridium difficile (C.diff).
However, officials are refusing to identify where the outbreak occurred.
Health Protection Scotland (HPS) said it would not comment on reports the patients were treated in Fife...