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Tue 11 Nov 2009Coroner told of possible C Diff deaths

The HSE has reported the deaths of four patients at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda to the Co Louth coroner due to the possibility that clostridium difficile (C Diff) may have been a factor in their deaths.

There are currently 13 confirmed cases and 20 symptomatic cases of C difficile at the hospital, the HSE confirmed today.