Paralysed woman contracts MRSA in hospital

PARENTS fighting for a rehab bed for their paralysed daughter were devastated last night after being told that she has contracted the MRSA superbug.

An emotional Pat and Margaret O’Leary said it is a disgrace that Catherine, 31, who has been in hospital since February, has to fight the potentially deadly hospital-acquired infection.

“We’re absolutely devastated and disgusted,” Pat said. “My daughter was strong and healthy a month ago. If she had been given a rehab bed at that stage then she wouldn’t have been stuck in this bed and have to fight this.”