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A ward at the Erne Hospital has been closed to new admissions due to an outbreak of MRSA. | |
A Western Health and Social Care Trust spokeswoman said there were 10 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. | Marion Martin, infection control nurse at the hospital in Enniskillen, said patients were sometimes infected with MRSA before they were admitted. |
"But some (cases) are new in the last four to five days and that's why we've put the precautions in place" she said. |