Metropolitan authorities have inspected a hospital in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward after it was found that seven inpatients were infected with serratia bacteria, of whom three died last week, officials said Tuesday.
According to officials at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s public health department, 14 inpatients at Sumida Central Hospital reported suffering fevers and other symptoms early last week.
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