25 babies isolated after three die of hospital bug - Spain

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They listed this as a virus, when in fact it is a bacteria.

25 babies isolated after three die of hospital bug

By: thinkSPAIN

http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/12722

Doctors at Madrid's 12 de Octubre Hospital in Madrid have placed

twenty-five premature babies in isolation after three others died

last week after becoming infected by the 'klebsiella pneumoniae'

hospital virus.

Hospital manager, Dr Joaquín Martínez, confirmed the news after a

report in yesterday's El Mundo revealed the death on the 26th

February of a baby born two months prematurely weighing 1.9kg who

died of septic shock after contracting the virus.

It has since been confirmed that two other babies have since died,

and Dr Martínez explained that strict measures have been taken to

try and prevent any further deaths, although a fourth baby is

reported to be extremely poorly: no more premature babies will be

born at the hospital for the time being, and restrictions have been

placed on visits by specialists from other departments and family.

The twenty-five isolated babies have been split into two groups in

an attempt to further isolate those babies thought to be infected.