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Ward closed due to MRSA outbreak | Ward closed due to MRSA outbreak |
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A ward at the Erne Hospital has been closed due to an outbreak of MRSA. | A ward at the Erne Hospital has been closed due to an outbreak of MRSA. |
A Western Health and Social Care Trust spokeswoman said there were ten confirmed cases of the bug. | |
Marion Martin, infection control nurse at the hospital in Enniskillen, said patients were sometimes infected with MRSA before they were admitted. | |
"But some (of the cases) are new in the last four to five days and that's why we've put these precautions in place," she said. |