Teenage student dies from MRSA

Link: Teenage student Sam Fallon has died after being struck down with MRSA in hospital. The 17-year-old died nine days after contracting the superbug at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire.She....

Teenage student Sam Fallon has died after being struck down with MRSA in hospital. The 17-year-old died nine days after contracting the superbug at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. She had spent a month in hospital fighting a rare immune disease affecting blood cells before catching MRSA and dying on Friday. Now Sam's family are taking legal action against the hospital after blaming MRSA for her death. Mum Sue, aged 42, of Campbell Road, Stoke, said: "I can only describe the wards Sam was on for the first two weeks before she was diagnosed as filthy. I washed her every day, there was a big sticky patch on the floor which never moved and dust and dirt everywhere - it just looked grubby.