State €150m ‘could go to superbug prevention’

THE State is spending at least €150 million a year on the treatment of the MRSA superbug when it could be spending the money on prevention.

Delegates at the second MRSA and Families Network conference in Waterford at the weekend demanded the Government show an urgent political will to deal with the problem.

There are more than enough experts in the Irish health system to tackle the bug, the conference was told.