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Bacteria Alert: Brighton-Based Hospital Restricts Water For Drinking, Bathing
Franciscan Children's Hospital has restricted water usage after tests revealed the presence of a specific bacteria, the hospital recently announced. After initially detecting the presence of the bacteria in the water supply in 2019, Franciscan Children's has continued to extensively test its water, with help from the DPH and the CDC. Tests regularly came back negative until Nov. 22, when two isolated areas on the hospital's campus tested positive for the bacteria. The bacteria, called Burkholderia cepacia, is usually not harmful to healthy people, but poses a special…
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Massachusetts Firefighter 'Who Is Not Done With Life' Needs New Kidney
A Sherborn firefighter is in need of a new kidney so he can keep giving back to his community "in a life-affirming way." Sam Gutwill was born with cystic fibrosis and has been in and out of the hospital for 12 years, according to a GoFundMe organized on his behalf. He received a "life-changing" liver transplant in 2017 that allowed him to become an EMT and a firefighter, but while Sam was completing his training his kidneys failed. This eventually resulted in Sam being hospitalized with Stage 5 Kidney failure last week, his aunt Laura Wise said on the GoFundMe SHERBORN FIREFIGHTE…