HEALTH Minister Mary Harney faced fresh attacks over hospital care last night as she was accused of “corporate negligence” due to the growing number of MRSA claims against the State.

A coroner is to write to health chiefs after an inquest disclosed the failure of hospitals to transfer vital patient information concerning the deadly MRSA superbug.

A father of five died from a deadly strain of the MRSA superbug which a medical expert today told an inquest is endemic in hospitals here.