ST JOHN’S hospital in Limerick has issued an alert to former patients after a short-term care worker was found to have TB.

AN expert health group set up to investigate the country’s first recorded outbreak of a potentially fatal skin disease in Limerick this year has still been unable to identify the source of the infection.

A VERY rare skin infection contracted by four babies born at Limerick’s Regional Maternity Hospital could lead to serious illnesses such as septicaemia, a top consultant warned yesterday.