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Family anger over C. diff death | Family anger over C. diff death |
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The family of a Londonderry woman who died after contracting the C. difficile bug at Altnagelvin hospital has hit out at the way she was treated. | The family of a Londonderry woman who died after contracting the C. difficile bug at Altnagelvin hospital has hit out at the way she was treated. |
Dorothy Wray, from Kimberley Hill in the Waterside, died in February - six months after being admitted to hospital following a fall. | Dorothy Wray, from Kimberley Hill in the Waterside, died in February - six months after being admitted to hospital following a fall. |
Her granddaughter, Joanne, said the hospital did not tell other patients what her grandmother had contracted. | Her granddaughter, Joanne, said the hospital did not tell other patients what her grandmother had contracted. |
"There didn't seem to be any attempts to isolate the ward," she said. | "There didn't seem to be any attempts to isolate the ward," she said. |
"We feel very strongly that my grandmother was on a ward with other patients who were not aware." | "We feel very strongly that my grandmother was on a ward with other patients who were not aware." |
A hospital spokesman said patients were moved to single isolation rooms as soon as was possible. | |
"We are challenged with a 40-year-old hospital," he said. | |
"There are not enough isolation rooms, but that is being remedied." |
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