Opossum germs 'kill 17 babies in Venezuela hospital'

Germs spread by opossums in a Venezuelan hospital are believed to have led to the deaths of 17 babies, the country's media say.

The deaths occurred in one week in a neo-natal unit in a hospital in the northern city of Barcelona.

Parents of the children who died say an infestation of opossums on the ward caused the deaths.

But hospital officials quoted in a Barcelona newspaper said other factors were to blame.

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