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Edinburgh Royal Infirmary patients banned from drinking tap water amid contamination

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Patients at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary have been banned from drinking water from the taps and given bottles over a contamination probe.

A section of the hospital in the capital was found to have debris in some of the taps, which resulted in those receiving treatment being given bottled water to drink instead.

A spokesperson for NHS Lothian told the Edinburgh Evening News: “Some debris was found in the cold water supply. It’s only affecting a small number of taps in one section of the Royal Infirmary."Filters have been fitted and we are supplying bottled water for drinking as a short-term measure.”The news comes after a probe into Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

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