Hospital payouts after deaths of patients linked to bacteria found in water supply

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

- By Sam Russell

The law firm Irwin Mitchell said that three died, and it specified two cases as being a result of complications linked to the infection at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

Six more patients suffered serious complications which still affect them after the Mycobacterium abscessus outbreak. A “six-figure settlement package” was agreed regarding the nine cases, Irwin Mitchell said.

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