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One of the nation's top children's hospitals has closed a quarter of its operating theaters after mold was detected on appliances.

Seattle Children's Hospital has contacted the families of 3,000 children who recently had surgeries in the affected rooms, and they may need to be monitored for infections.

It comes months after a patient at the hospital died from an infection caused by the same mold, Aspergillus. 

Dozens of surgeries have been delayed as the rooms are fumigated and inspected.

But one mother, whose son had sinus surgery at the hospital in April, says officials have refused to confirm or deny whether he was in an affected room, saying only that his surgery didn't sound too serious and she should

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