Irish Examiner articles spark TD’s fury over patient safety

INDEPENDENT TD James Breen was ordered from the Dáil yesterday after waving an Irish Examiner story about MRSA fatalities at Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and demanding greater patient safety in hospitals.

Irish Examiner articles spark TD’s fury over patient safety

Mr Ahern was taking questions about Monaghan General Hospital from Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin when Mr Breen stood and interrupted.

He waved photocopies of two recent newspaper reports on MRSA - the first an Irish Examiner story from this Tuesday which revealed that seven people with the superbug had died over a 10-day period.

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