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Royal baby: Kate Middleton's hospital hit by superbug as ward forced to close

A superbug has closed a ward at the hospital where Prince William and Kate’s second baby is due to be born.

A surgical unit at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, has been shut down after eight patients were infected with potentially deadly CPE (carbapenemase producing enterobacteriaceae).

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