This article is from page 6 of the 2005-10-18 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 6 JPG
A SPOKESPERSON for a West Clare nursing home has claimed that at least one of the cases of the MRSA super bug reported there, was contracted when a resident underwent surgery at Ennis General Hospital.
Secretary of the Board of Directors for Kil- rush District Hospital, John Hehir said that at least one of the two residents with the poten- tially fatal antibiotic resistant bug, picked it up in the Mid Western Regional Hospital Ennis.
Mr Hehir said that it was the policy of the nursing home to refuse any patient suffering from MRSA, and home staff questioned po- tential residents before accepting them. The patients diagnosed with MRSA are being treated for the virus.
Strict hygiene procedures are also being en- forced at the 54-bed Kilrush hospital.
The hospital was one of two Clare nursing homes that were reported to have MRSA this week. The inspectors report into Cahercalla Community Hospital, Ennis showed that two patients were also suffering from the highly contagious virus.
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