SOUTH AFRICA: Bacteria kills 3 at Pretoria care home

Posted: April 24th, 2012 - 6:32pm
Source: news24

Johannesburg -- Three people have died of intestinal illness in a Pretoria East care facility for the physically and mentally impaired, the Gauteng department of health said on Tuesday.
"There was a diarrhoea outbreak at that particular home. We suspect it to be Shigella," spokesperson Simon Zwane said.

 

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