Patients warded in a hospital - public or private - have a high risk of catching a bug during their stay.
A comprehensive study from July 2015 to February 2016 involving 5,415 adult patients in 13 acute hospitals here found that 11.9 per cent - or more than one in nine - caught an infection while being treated for other conditions.
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