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Fungal infection cluster at Sydney hospital linked to deaths of two patients
Of the six people infected late last year at RPA, two died, health authorities have said. (ABC News: Keana Naughton)
Health authorities are investigating a cluster of fungal infections at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital following the deaths of two patients.
Six patients in total developed infections while they were in the transplant ward.
Sydney Local Health District CEO Deb Wilcox says construction at RPA "may have contributed" to the cluster.
Health authorities are investigating a cluster of fungal infections at a major Sydney hospital transplant unit, following the deaths of two patients.
Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) began investigating a fungal infection cluster at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) when six patients in the transplant ward developed infections between October and December last year.
Two deaths linked to fungus cluster at Sydney hospital
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Two people have died and another four have fallen seriously ill as a result of a fungus cluster linked to construction work at one of Sydney’s largest hospitals.
Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital in Camperdown is investigating a cluster of fungal infections in patients receiving treatment at its transplant unit between October and December.
The cluster included six patients. Two of these patients died with the infection.
“SLHD [Sydney Local Health District] extends its deepest condolences to the families of the patients who died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and acknowledges the impact on all patients and families,” a hospital spokesman said in a statement to this masthead.
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