Germs spread by opossums in a Venezuelan hospital are
believed to have led to the deaths of 17 babies, the country's media say. The
deaths occurred in one week in a neo-natal unit in a hospital in the northern
city of Barcelona. Parents of the children who died say an infestation of
opossums on the ward caused the deaths. But hospital officials quoted in a
Barcelona newspaper said other factors were to blame. One newspaper, El Tiempo, obtained an image of an opossum
climbing up a wall inside the unit. Other media outlets ran an image of one of
the animals clinging to a brush as it is being swept. More…
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Opossum germs 'kill 17 babies in Venezuela hospital'
Germs spread by opossums in a Venezuelan hospital are
believed to have led to the deaths of 17 babies, the country's media say. The
deaths occurred in one week in a neo-natal unit in a hospital in the northern
city of Barcelona. Parents of the children who died say an infestation of
opossums on the ward caused the deaths. But hospital officials quoted in a
Barcelona newspaper said other factors were to blame. One newspaper, El Tiempo, obtained an image of an opossum
climbing up a wall inside the unit. Other media outlets ran an image of one of
the animals clinging to a brush as it is being swept. More…
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