C Diff Deaths Information 'Inaccurate' but Sturgeon Says Outbreak Handled Well

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HEALTH officials in Dundee issued inaccurate information over a Clostridium Difficile outbreak at Ninewells Hospital that claimed the lives of five elderly patients, MSPs heard yesterday.

Nicola Sturgeon, the Health Secretary, told Holyrood that two died directly from C Diff infection and for the other three it contributed to their deaths, but these had happened within just over a fortnight "and not over a 10-week period as was unfortunately but inaccurately reported" by Tayside Health Board.

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C Diff Deaths Information 'Inaccurate' but Sturgeon Says Outbreak Handled Well

But she insisted the actual handling of the outbreak had been good and the Government had moved swiftly to minimise future risk, listing 11 measures put in...

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