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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Russell

Two transplant patients died of infection linked to contaminated water

PA Media

Two women who underwent double lung transplants died after contracting a bacterial infection linked to a contaminated water supply at a hospital, an inquest heard.

Royal Papworth Hospital was relocated to a new site in Cambridge in May 2019, and in August 2019 two patients tested positive for Mycobacterium abscessus during routine testing.

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