A PRESSURE group has been established to highlight the need for research and information about Health Care Acquired Infections, especially MRSA, VRE, and Clostridium Difficile.

IN response to the story (August 20) regarding the sad death of Brian Daly (from an MSRA infection), I wish first of all to commiserate with his family on their loss.

WE write in the aftermath of a death foretold, the unnecessary death of a young Kilkenny mother from cancer.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney says she will not set up a judicial review nor compensate the victims of the MRSA super-bug despite requests from patient activists.

HOSPITALS could face criminal proceedings for failing to protect patients from MRSA as anti-“superbug” activists step up their campaign with an international fact-finding mission.

A Co Waterford woman has lodged a formal complaint against Waterford Regional Hospital under the 1947 Health Act.

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.

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.

IRELAND has no national strategy to tackle the deadly MRSA hospital bug even though we have the second highest incidence of infections in Europe.