Re: Young Cancer Patients Moved because of a fungus in the ventilation system.

[Guest guest]

yikes, they didn't move the patients first before tring to clean it?

--- In , " tigerpaw2c " <tigerpaw2c@...>

wrote:

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> Young Cancer Patients Moved

> 2007-07-07 11:39:20

> 940 News - Montreal,Quebec,Canada*

>

> http://www.940news.com/local.php?news=11491

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> 17 children battling cancer at Ste-e hospital have been

> relocated to a different ward because of a fungus in the ventilation

> system.

> Hospital officials discovered the problem in this particular oncology

> ward during routine testing and proceeded to clean the ducts, but

> further testing showed little improvement, forcing the relocation.

> A hospital spokesperson says the fungus is no danger to anyone with

> the proper antibodies, but these young patients have very fragile

> immune systems and doctors didn't want to take any chances.

>