MRSA control - HSE is grossly indifferent and inefficient

PEOPLE are now being warned by doctors that they should try to stay out of hospital if possible, because whatever they go in with, they could contract worse in inside.

The Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which first appeared in 1961, has been allowed to develop into a kind of superbug that is resistant to a range of antibiotics. It is actually killing patients.

Guidelines on the control of MRSA were first drawn up for acute hospitals and other facilities in 1995 and again 10 years later, but they are still not being implemented in many hospitals.