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Two patients who died in a Louth hospital during the week have had their deaths referred to the Coroner in an effort to determine if a contagious bacteria outbreak at the hospital was responsible.

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda has had services curtailed and banned visitors in an attempt to curtail the Clostridium Difficile (C Diff) outbreak