Solicitor threatens to fight for hospital closure over MRSA

A SOLICITOR says he will try to close a hospital if he does not get a satisfactory response from the health service over his claim that he contracted MRSA while a patient.

Limerick-based solicitor John Devane was speaking before meeting a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) official to make an oral complaint at what he said were dirty conditions at the city’s St John’s Hospital.

Mr Devane said that since he contracted the MRSA bug his health had been poor. He said sick leave had cost him €500,000 in lost business.