Edinburgh Legionnaires? outbreak cost NHS ?725,000

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A MAJOR outbreak of Legionnaires? disease in the Scottish capital last year cost the health service more than ?700,000, a new report reveals.

? Interim report counts cost of last June?s outbreak

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Four people died in the Edinburgh outbreak, with almost 100 people thought to have been infected with the deadly bug.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/edinburgh-legionnaires-outbreak-cost-nhs-725-000-1-3010320
 
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