Cleaning boss hit by MRSA

Link: The Sun Online

   A FORMER NHS cleaning supervisor has lost a leg — after catching the deadly MRSA superbug in his own hospital.

Dad-of-two Norman Turner, 42, contracted the disease while recovering from a routine operation to replace an artery.

Last night he slammed doctors, nurses and cleaning staff at Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Lancashire, for “appalling” standards of hygiene.

Norman, who worked for 15 years at the hospital — where he helped to train staff to combat MRSA — said: “I was perfectly healthy and strong when I went into hospital and expected to make a full recovery.

“Instead I have been disabled for the rest of my life. I am still in shock, devastated. I came close to dying in intensive care — all because of MRSA.

“The attitude of staff towards cleanliness seems to have dropped to a worrying level.”

Norman spoke out just days after watchdogs found that hygiene guidelines were still being breached at the three main hospitals in the area.