Health News: Man who contracted MRSA in 2001 says he fears passing infection to members of family | West End Extra.
AN accountant says he has cut himself off from some of his closest family for more than 10 years because he is worried about infecting them with MRSA. Patrick Burgess, who lives in Somers Town, was put in an isolation ward after he contracted the “superbug” in the Royal Free Hospital in 2001. The 68-year-old was discharged four months later, after a serious operation, but a test last month found he was still carrying the bacteria. He claims he has had contradictory advice from health experts – including his GP – and has begun to believe the MRSA scare was “all a big con”.
