Cystic fibrosis patients at high risk of infection

CYSTIC fibrosis patients are being put at a high risk of infection because they are sharing rooms and facilities with other patients at St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin, according to the Cystic Fibrosis Association.

It said the hospital is “bursting at the seams” with about 30 CF patients admitted in recent days.

These patients should be in isolation units because their condition carries an increased risk of infections, including MRSA and respiratory infections can cause them particular damage.