Hospital patients died after eating contaminated chicken mayo sandwiches, inquest rules
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTwo 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.
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