Harney rules out review or compensation for MRSA victims

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.

Harney rules out review or compensation for MRSA victims

Today, the MRSA & Families organisation will use its annual convention to call for a judicial review into the failure of successive governments to implement health and safety guidelines in hospitals.

The group has also signalled its intention to seek the establishment of a redress board. It says the State, the Health Minister and the Health Service Executive have failed in their duty of care to the patients who contracted MRSA in the country’s hospitals.

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