Three cases of TB found in Cork school [IrishTimes]
- Published: 23 August 2010
FINE GAEL has called for an urgent review of tuberculosis (TB) services in the Republic following the identification of three known cases of the disease at a primary school in Ballintemple in the suburbs of Cork city.
Screening is to get under way at St Finbarr’s Hospital in Cork today following the confirmation of three cases of TB at Ballintemple National School.
The outbreak was identified on August 10th and parents were notified by letter two days later. Following a risk assessment it was decided that all 220 pupils at the school be screened as a precautionary measure.
Local Fine Gael TD Deirdre Clune, and the party’s deputy leader and health spokesman James Reilly TD, said Minister for Health Mary Harney should act immediately.
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