Inquiry to discover cause of E.coli
Tuesday 4th August 2009, 11:36AM BST.
An investigation was being carried out today to pinpoint the cause of a suspected E.coli outbreak which has left a woman and a child fighting for their lives.
New mother Karen Morrisroe-Clutton and an unnamed three-year-old girl are seriously ill in hospital after allegedly falling ill following a visit to a fish and chip shop.
The Llay Fish Bar in Llay, Wrexham, the suspected source of the outbreak, was closed last Thursday by environmental health officials.
Mrs Morrisroe-Clutton, a librarian who gave birth to her son Oliver 11 weeks ago, is being treated in Wrexham Maelor Hospital where it is understood she is on a life support machine.
The three-year-old girl is being treated for renal failure at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Hospital.
She is related to another person who is ill with the suspected bug, although that sufferer is not in hospital.
A fourth person has also been taken ill but is not in hospital. All four are from the Wrexham area.
A spokeswoman for Wrexham Council said it obtained a court order today to keep the Llay Fish Bar closed while further investigations were carried out.
Dr Judy Hart, consultant in communicable disease control at the National Public Health Service for Wales (NPHS), said: “The NPHS and Wrexham Council’s environmental health officers are investigating four cases of E.coli O157 in three families from the Wrexham area.
“Two people have been hospitalised.”
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