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  "id": 139975,
  "title": "Water dispenser linked to legionnaires’ disease case in private Hong Kong hospital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/water-dispenser-linked-to-legionnaires-disease-case-in-private-hong",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-04T17:02:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3362975/water-dispenser-linked-legionnaires-disease-case-private-hong-kong-hospital"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An 89-year-old patient at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital is highly likely to have contracted legionnaires’ disease after drinking water from a contaminated dispenser, health authorities have said. The Centre for Health Protection confirmed on Tuesday that samples from devices dispensing cooled boiled water at the private hospital in Happy Valley tested positive for Legionella pneumophila…",
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