Already one Los Angeles teenager is fighting for his life after contracting this “superbug,” but now UCLA is warning that upwards to 160 other patients may be at risk for contracting this virulent and dangerous illness.
An 18-year-old student is struggling to survive after contracting this “superbug” in the hospital. He’s been there for three months barely hanging onto life.
At least seven others have been slammed with the virus and two have already died.
But now UCLA is warning that 160 more are at risk.
The UCLA Health System is notifying more than 160 patients that they may have been exposed to a bacterial “superbug” during endoscopies after an investigation found seven patients were infected — and the bug may have contributed to two deaths, the hospital said Wednesday.
Patients being alerted underwent “complex” endoscopic procedures between October 2014 and January of this year, according to a statement emailed by Kim Irwin, spokeswoman for UCLA Health Sciences.
And NBC News Investigations obtained an email — sent by Joshua Bobrowsky of the L.A. County Department of Public Health — stating the seven infections occurred at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, and that “patient notification letters of possible exposure” were sent Tuesday by UCLA to 169 patients.
Definitely scary.