MRSA hospital deaths - Coroners’ Bill must not be delayed

GIVEN the burgeoning image of Ireland’s economy, it is alarming that people are dying because hospitals are dirty.

It is also outrageous that up to now, the deaths of those who died due to the unhygienic conditions of many hospitals have not been recorded as such. In effect, it was swept under the carpet.

Yesterday, for the first time in this country, a coroner attributed the death of a 74-year-old patient to hospital acquired infection caused by the superbug.