'Scaremongering' or 'out of control' - the MRSA row

Link: icWales

The hospital comes valiantly to it own defence at the link above - showing that it is one of the better hosptals when it comes to MRSA in the UK

THE row over MRSA infections has erupted again after figures showed how cases more than doubled in one Welsh hospital over a six-year period. Figures released by Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust show the number of patients contracting the superbug in Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, is up from 129 (1998) to 270 (2004). Tory AM David Davies, pictured, who is contesting Monmouth in tomorrow's election, said, "These figures are shocking and completely unacceptable. The trust is arguing this is because of changes in the way people are screened, but I cannot accept this can account for such a huge rise. "I suspect part of the problem is that in order to fulfil government targets as soon as one patient is discharged, another is moved into the bed before it can be properly cleaned. "The figures show just how badly out of control MRSA is and how important it is that political parties make tackling it one of their top priorities."