Hospitals ‘failing to inform patients of MRSA infection’

THE organiser of a national remembrance day for people who have died from MRSA has claimed hospitals are still failing to inform patients if they have been infected.

Figures detailed by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) show that in the first half of 2009 there were 191 MRSA cases — down from 419 during all of last year.

However, founder of MRSA and Families Margaret Dawson claimed that the downturn is partially the result of doctors continuing to “hide” proof of cases in their hospitals.