C. Diff - Ireland - 027

Pat's Note:

This is an important development in Ireland, a county also riddled
with "superbugs".

A coroner in Dublin got fed up with the actual strains not being
available and put on the pressure, now taken up by a Deputy.

Britain has been especially coy about releasing the all important
strains, given much fuel to the correct theory that pressure is on the
hospitals from central government not to give too much information.

What there is,always seems to slip out and always points to the
possible source of Britain's desperately sick pigs.

Anyway, here's Ireland.

(and Greymaus lives near Droichead Nua: "Newbridge" to anyone half
sensible, and not mixing politics with geography, which includes
almost all the locals except Greymaus probably.)

...and thats not  political point either. All shipbrokers detest
people who change or use alternate  names of places for any reason. It
beggars up their computers, Bills of Lading, manifests and just about
everything else.

Also when I was a young man, unfamiliar with the ways of that part of
Ireland, I took a train from Dublin to Newbridge, asking very politely
for the next train to Droichead Nua in accordance with the signs on
the station platform. I was met with a withering glance and corrected
very sharply to the English form. They do it deliberately.

So be warned. Greymaus has three eyes, two of them blood shot,
dribbles a lot and mumbles uncooth oaths in Erse.

http://www.limerickpost.ie/dailynews.elive?id30&categoryÚily-Tue

Tue, 12/08/08
Testing for all strains of superbugs needed


THE health Minister is being asked to instruct all hospitals to test
for individual strains of the deadly hospital superbug Clostridium
difficle (C diff), which is taking an increasing toll among hospital
patients.

Deputy Jan O’Sullivan made her call following a decision of the Dublin
County Coroner, Dr. Kieran Geraghty, to write to all hospitals in his
area requesting them to test for strains of the superbug, particularly
a virulent strain known as 027.

She welcomed the initiative taken by Dr. Geraghty, "who has played a
commendable role in highlighting the threat posed by C diff and the
inadequacies of our response to it".

"However, decisions like this should not be left to individual
coroners and action should be taken at national level to ensure that
all hospitals test for individual strains of C diff.

"C diff now poses a very significant threat to hospital patients. For
instance, last April Dr. Geraghty highlighted the fact that he had
held inquests into the deaths of 16 mainly elderly patients who had
died at Loughlinstown Hospital between January and August 2007, who
had hospital acquired infections, mainly C diff.

"We also know that earlier 15 patients who died at Ennis hospital had
all had C diff. In May the Health Protection Surveillance Centre
reported that as many as 40 patients a week were being diagnosed with
C diff," she said.

If the threat posed by C diff, is to be combated, Deputy O'Sullivan
stressed that it is essential to compile the greatest level of
information possible about individual strains.

"The approach has been far too casual so far. C diff was only made a
notifiable condition in March. It is alarming, in fact, to learn that
it is not standard practice to test for individual strains of the
condition and steps should be taken to ensure that this is now done
without delay,"

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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
www.go-self-sufficient.com  and http://animal-epidemics.blogspot.com/
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