The Cairns Post

Wesley waits for test

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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.

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