Jamaica’s Minister of Well being and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton has confirmed that seven infants died in July from a bacterial outbreak on the neonatal unit of the Victoria Jubilee maternity hospital in Kingston
Nevertheless, he dismissed experiences that dozens of infants died.
The seven deaths represented a mortality fee of 43 p.c from 16 infections.
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Klebsiella pneumoniae infections are widespread in Jamaican hospitals. There was a spike in deaths in 2015 and 2016.
Nevertheless, deaths from the bacterial sickness have decreased compared to final yr’s experiences, with circumstances recorded in August, September, and one thus far in October.