Hospital bug linked to 77 deaths
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Hospital bug Clostridium difficile is mentioned on the death certificates of 77 NI people in 2007.
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Ministers say they are getting to grips with hospital bugs as they set out measures in the fight against them.
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A deadly bacteria that attacks the intestines of mainly elderly patients is showing up with more frequency at a handful of Ontario hospitals, Joshua Tepper, the Canadian province's acting chief medical officer of health, said on Tuesday.
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A 90-year-old nursing home patient died from the stomach flu last year, marking the first time U.S. health officials confirmed that the highly contagious bug is sometimes fatal.
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Operations suspended after rise in number of deaths, NHS management says
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Hundreds of thousands of people have been struck down by a highly infectious stomach bug that swept the United Kingdom during the holiday period, doctors said on Thursday.
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A deadly bacteria that attacks the  intestines of mainly elderly patients is showing up with more  frequency at a handful of Ontario hospitals, Joshua Tepper, the  Canadian province's acting chief medical officer of health,  said on Tuesday.
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Uganda's health ministry says it will investigate the death of at least seven patients in a hospital strike.
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NEW DELHI -- Outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases in northern and southern India left ordinarily overburdened hospitals and clinics swamped with patients yesterday, and officials reported at least 87 deaths.
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Rates of infection with the deadly Clostridium difficile  bug rise in English hospitals, while MRSA rates  fall only slowly.
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Heart diseases and strokes kill 17 million people every year, more than any other cause, and are increasingly likely to afflict people in poor countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.
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The death count across Asia and Africa soared to nearly 77,000 and aid officials said it was likely to surpass 100,000, even as as workers rushed to bury corpses to ward off disease, report newswires.
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Â· Government failed to follow up patients at riskÂ· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
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Two hospitals in Belfast are struck by a virus that causes vomiting and diahorrea.
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A HONG Kong hospital closed its paediatric wards to new admissions yesterday after four more patients came down with fever and respiratory symptoms, bringing to 28 the number of victims suffering a mystery illness.
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Safety lapses in the NHS caused the deaths of more than 2,000 patients and led to the harm of another 160,000 people over the last year.
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Sixteen hospital deaths in the Northern Trust area are linked to an outbreak of the superbug C. difficile.