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Belgium’s big babies Going to hospital has its risks. Each year, three million people catch nosocomial or hospital-acquired illnesses and 50,000 people die from them.
Hospitals are testing new ways of combatting this problem, in particular through the use of precious metals such as copper and silver.
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