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Sam Russell

Hospital pays out compensation after infection outbreak linked to water supply

The outbreak took place at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Archive)

A hospital trust has paid out compensation in the case of nine patients following an outbreak of a bacterial infection linked to its water supply.

Lawyers at Irwin Mitchell said three patients died, and specified two of these cases as being a result of complications linked to the outbreak at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

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