Tuberculosis outbreak at major Sydney hospital leaves hundreds exposed

Rapid tuberculosis testing has been set up to screen hundreds of staff and patients of Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital following the detection of a cluster.The first case can be traced back to a patient treated at St Vincent's Hospital in OctoberThe hospital said the cluster started with a patient treated for asthma and pneumonia at the hospital last October who was diagnosed with tuberculosis several weeks later.

St Vincent's Respiratory Physician and tuberculosis specialist Anthony Byrne said testing had since found all five cases to be the same strain. Standard treatment for TB involves isolating the patient and placing them in a negative pressure room while all treating health care personnel wear additional protective clothing and equipment.

we used to screen all migrants with chest Xray to check for TB but with so many overstaying tourists TB could be rife with workers from India&Asia

Where's Gladys? hope she does not blame Victoria for this too.

Yep....next month....rabies....

First it was tuberculosis vaccine provided partial protection from severe covid19 clinical symptoms, now the narrative changes covid19 possibly precipitating tuberculosis. Geez... Luckily, I've had BCG shot twice and it's a nasty vaccine too, causes a bad reaction.

Just great.....

Shit... better shut down the world and go into lockdown 🙄

Omg FUN

I had a TB jab, is it not given to people these days ?

I was exposed to TB on almost a daily basis for nearly 2 years overseas. I came home, got an x-ray and told by the doctor I should be fine because I was physically healthy and not malnourished.

Thanks again to the diversity the third world brings us. I hope the curry was worth it.

I smell mendacity.... raise the false flag

Finally a disease worth the worry.

Does anyone else think this is a bit strange, theres a lot happening all of a sudden?

TB hey? I guess we can thank some shitbird refugee for that?

I can’t follow you anymore. You’re all panic. Salmonella and TB within an hour. Defund? I’d shit you down. Where’s the balance?

Those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

2020 is crazy

I believe this is a problem globally with Covid....

We don’t want people from nsw in Victoria

Immigrant disease.

It’s 2020

Can somebody please explain how this is possible? Ha ent everyone been vaccinated?

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