An investigation is being carried out to pinpoint the cause of a suspected E.coli outbreak which left a woman and a child fighting for their lives.
New mother Karen Morrisroe-Clutton and an unnamed three-year-old girl are seriously ill in hospital after allegedly falling ill following a visit to a fish and chip shop.
The Llay Fish Bar in Llay, Wrexham, North Wales, the suspected source of the outbreak, was closed last Thursday by environmental health officials.
Mrs Morrisroe-Clutton, a librarian who gave birth to her son Oliver 11 weeks ago, is being treated in Wrexham Maelor Hospital where it is understood she is on a life support machine.
The three-year-old girl is being treated for renal failure at Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital.
She is related to another person who is ill with the suspected bug, although that sufferer is not in hospital.
A fourth person has also been taken ill but is not in hospital. All four are from the Wrexham area.
A spokeswoman for Wrexham Council said it obtained a court order to keep the Llay Fish Bar closed while further investigations are carried out.
Mrs Morrisroe-Clutton's husband Paul told the BBC that they had a takeaway last Monday and his wife fell ill the following day. He said they initially believed she had salmonella and would soon recover.
Mr Clutton said: "She's fighting, she's fighting for her life, the doctor's said she's as stable as can be, which is all we can hope for at the moment." A spokesman for the North Wales NHS Trust East earlier described Mrs Morrisroe-Clutton's condition as "seriously ill".
