Mother hits out over MRSA on newborn

Link: Mother hits out over MRSA - Birmingham Mail.

A MOTHER-of-seven has hit out at a Birmingham hospital after her newborn baby was diagnosed with MRSA - and still has the dangerous bug six months later. Kerry Wood’s moment of joy was cut short when she discovered something was wrong with little Harvey after his birth at Birmingham Women’s Hospital in Edgbaston. Swabs were taken days later and tested positive for MRSA on the baby’s body. But hospital bosses said the source of the hospital superbug, which kills more than 7,000 people in the UK a year, was "uncertain." Kerry, of Charnwood Close, Frankley, said: "I knew something was wrong with Harvey very early on as he had a strange smell coming from his belly button like dead meat. "He was born on Friday November 16 and I later mentioned to the nurses the smell, but was discharged the next day. On Sunday I brought Harvey back to the hospital and this time tests were done and showed he had jaundice and MRSA, although it was not in the blood but present on his body.