article_snippet.sent: Eileen Dee had been battling cancer when Eileen Dee caught a deadly bug while undergoing treatment at the Royal Sussex County Hospital .
article_snippet.sent: Eileen Dee had received a positive prognosis while being treated for cancer but died because of an infection at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
article_snippet.sent: Raw sewage was also discovered coming up from the shower drain in the room next door to Eileen Dee.
article_snippet.sent: Doctors, concerned for Eileen Dee health, transferred Eileen Dee to another hospital while an exploration of drains and an intensive clean of all side rooms, including the one the retired NHS information manager was in, was carried out.
article_snippet.sent: an infection at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton was specifically detected in Eileen Dee's room but there were no notes accompanying Eileen Dee transfer to say that Eileen Dee had been exposed to the potentially lethal infection.
article_snippet.sent: But The Royal Sussex was revealed following an internal Serious Incident Investigation that only about a third of hospital housekeepers were cleaning to the required standard when Eileen Dee died.
article_snippet.sent: Initially, Eileen, who was diagnosed with acute myloid leukaemia, had been intent on just receiving palliative care because Eileen Dee had watched Eileen Dee mother die of cancer.
article_snippet.sent: But when Eileen Dee was told Eileen Dee would respond well to chemotherapy and had a good prospect of survival, Eileen Dee changed Eileen Dee mind.
article_snippet.sent: ‘the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust were just about to introduce Eileen Dee to another lady, of a similar age, who had been through the same condition and had successfully come out the other side.
article_snippet.sent: Eileen’s cause of death was recorded as pneumonia but Sussex University Hospitals Trust report says the coroner should have been made aware of the infection.
highlights_snippet.sent: Eileen Dee was being treated for cancer when Eileen Dee caught the lethal bug .
  