Support Group Fights Killer Bug

Link: Enfield Independent

    A woman whose grandmother died after contracting a lethal infection which swept through wards at North Middlesex Hospital is setting up a support group for victims' families. Caterina Cotrulia, 93, died in September, 2005, after contracting clostridium difficile (C. diff) a bug which attacks the body causing severe diarrhoea and dehydration during her stay in Michael Bates Ward, in Sterling Way, Edmonton. Her death sparked accusations of gross negligence after one other patient died and around 30 fell ill as the infection swept wards. Internal investigations were also launched. Graziella Kontkowski, granddaughter of Ms Cotrulia, is now calling on families affected by C. diff, along with the superbug MRSA, to come forward.