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Why Virginia Mason Didn't Tell Patients They'd Been Infected With Super Bug

Virginia Mason hospital in Seattle.
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Virginia Mason hospital in Seattle.

Ross Reynolds speaks with Seattle Times health reporter JoNel Aleccia about how Virginia Mason Medical Center discovered a rare, drug-resistant bacteria that was spreading from patient to patient, and why they didn't inform the infected.