Germs that can cause the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease has been detected in the water supply at a Scots hospital.
NHS Lanarkshire has confirmed that legionella bacteria has been found in the hot water system of one of the buildings at University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. The health board says the bacteria is isolated in the hot water system.
Engineers are fitting filters hot water taps and shower outlets to limit the spread of the infection until it dies out. In the meantime, health chiefs are insisting the bacteria does not pose a threat to patient safety or to the quality of drinking water, which comes from a different source.
