Two women died after eating chicken mayonnaise sandwiches contaminated with listeria at Manchester Royal Infirmary, an inquest jury has concluded.
Retired Jamaican nurse Beverley Sowah, 57, from Stretford, and mother-of-five Enid Heap, 84, from Beswick, were given the sandwiches on successive days while patients at the MRI in 2019.
Both women, who both had underlying health problems, died within days, a joint inquest at Manchester Coroner's Court heard. Their deaths were among seven fatalities, part of a nationwide alert over the listeria outbreak which affected nine people in all in other hospitals, including in Liverpool, Leicester and Derby.
Listeria can cause an illness called listeriosis, which can be fatal for people with weakened immune systems, including the elderly, sick or children. READ MORE: Thugs launched horror attack...
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