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Alex Mitchell

Patients dead as hospital build sparks fungal outbreak

A Sydney hospital is saying six transplant unit patients were caught in the fungal cluster. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Two people have died after a fungal infection outbreak at a public hospital linked to a major redevelopment.

Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital confirmed six patients in its transplant unit were caught up in the fungal cluster in late 2025.

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