Wesley waits for test
ANOTHER patient at The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane has tested positive to the potentially deadly legionella bacteria.
Further test results will confirm within 24 hours whether he is the hospital’s third legionnaires’ victim.
Director of Medical Services Dr Luis Prado says the elderly man, who is chronically ill, is showing no symptoms of the disease, which include fever, chills, coughing and shortness of breath.
He said a urine test had come back positive for legionella.
‘‘We have sent off the definitive pathology requirement tests to determine if this is truly a positive,’’ he said outside the hospital yesterday.