AN MRSA victim advocacy group has questioned the methods being used by the Hospital Infection Society (HIS) to measure MRSA levels in the first extensive study of hospital infection in this country.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney has warned doctors that they have a legal responsibility to inform patients who have contracted the deadly MRSA bug while in hospital.

A national database of MRSA infections should be established to determine the extent of the deadly superbug, it was claimed today.

A DOCTOR who has succeeded in reducing the rate of MRSA bloodstream infection by 60% in the largest health trust in Wales is to travel to Ireland to explain the secret of his success.

DOCTORS and patients have sharply disagreed on the usefulness of having a second hygiene audit in the country’s 46 acute hospitals.

HOSPITALS must be more open in dealing with patients who contract the MRSA superbug, Tánaiste and Health Minister Mary Harney insisted last night.

An MRSA support group called today for urgent action after the superbug killed seven hospital patients in the last 10 days.

SEVEN people have died from the MRSA superbug in the past 10 days according to the support group for families affected by the deadly organism.

FINE GAEL has called for a Whistleblowers Act to protect health workers who air concerns about hospital infection controls after figures showed 8,000 patients tested positive for superbugs in 2004.

UP to 50 people affected by the super bug MRSA are to sue the State on grounds they or their families were infected due to lax hygiene controls in hospitals.

UP to 50 people affected by the killer bug, MRSA, are to sue the State on grounds they or their families were infected due to lax hygiene controls in hospitals.

A new support group has been set up to raise awareness about the MRSA bug.