7 die due to in-hospital infection in Tokyo

7 die due to in-hospital infection in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Seven inpatients have died at Ito Noshinkei Geka Byoin (Ito Neurosurgical Hospital)(in the photo) in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward from what is believed to be an in-hospital infection, the hospital said Jan. 18. The two male and five female patients -- who died between Jan. 10 and Jan. 16 -- may have died from serratia bacteria infections.

7 die from serratia infection in Osaka hospital

7 die from serratia infection in Osaka hospital

SAKAI, Japan - Photo, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter, shows the Mimihara General Hospital in Sakai, Osaka, where seven inpatients in their 60s to 90s died between May 7 and July 1 after becoming infected with serratia bacteria. Four men and three women died of infections caused by the bacteria, officials of Sakai city and the hospital told a press conference.

7 die due to in-hospital infection in Tokyo

7 die due to in-hospital infection in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Seven inpatients have died at Ito Noshinkei Geka Byoin (Ito Neurosurgical Hospital)(in the photo) in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward from what is believed to be an in-hospital infection, the hospital said Jan. 18. The two male and five female patients -- who died between Jan. 10 and Jan. 16 -- may have died from serratia bacteria infections.

7 die from serratia infection in Osaka hospital

7 die from serratia infection in Osaka hospital

SAKAI, Japan - Photo, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter, shows the Mimihara General Hospital in Sakai, Osaka, where seven inpatients in their 60s to 90s died between May 7 and July 1 after becoming infected with serratia bacteria. Four men and three women died of infections caused by the bacteria, officials of Sakai city and the hospital told a press conference.