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15/05/2013
Virus Outbreak Closes Off Disability Unit
An outbreak of an 'influenza-like' virus has closed a hospital unit for disabled people to new admissions and a restriction for visitors, the Irish Independent have reported.
The human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has broken out in St Joseph’s Disability Service, part of St Ita’s Psychiatric Hospital campus in Portrane, north Dublin.
The contagious virus is spread via coughing, sneezing and contact with respiratory secretions.
The Irish Independent reported that an HSE spokesperson said tests confirmed the virus was the cause of a respiratory illness affecting 11 of the unit’s residents.
(MH/CD)
The human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has broken out in St Joseph’s Disability Service, part of St Ita’s Psychiatric Hospital campus in Portrane, north Dublin.
The contagious virus is spread via coughing, sneezing and contact with respiratory secretions.
The Irish Independent reported that an HSE spokesperson said tests confirmed the virus was the cause of a respiratory illness affecting 11 of the unit’s residents.
(MH/CD)
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15 March 2013
HSE Spending €2,000 On Taxi School Run
Almost €2,000 is being spent every month by the HSE for taxi transfers to ensure two children in foster care can attend school. Each day the children travel 150km by taxi to school. The school is in the town where the children were born and raised but they are currently in temporary foster accommodation some 70km away.
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