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July 15, 2004

This is one of the things you get with Socialized Medicine

In Britain, too many people are dying from viruses and infections while in the hospital.

Killer superbugs are now out of control with 5,000 people a year dying from viruses picked up in hospitals says a damning report. Health chiefs have been slammed for allowing patients to be treated in filthy hospitals where the number of patients contracting infections is soaring.The numbers of blood infections from Staphylococcus aureus has gone up almost 8% from 17,933 in 2001-02 to 19,311 in 2003-04 - of these 40% were a strain of the deadly MRSA.

My goodness, this is a government report, talking about government run hospitals in Britain, and the hospitals are described as filthy.

In the United Kingdom there is no competition for health care dollars, patients are assigned to facilities, they don't get to pick them. Therefore, the hospital administrators have absolutely no incentive to spend the time and money to keep the facilities clean. They are going to get patients, no matter what the condition of the hospital.

Britain has the highest infection rate in Europe for MRSA which is resistant to most antibiotics.

That's pretty bad - think of all the European countries that are considered to be a bit on the 3rd world side - Romania, Bulgaria, etc.

In fact,

The report says our (British) hospitals are dirtier than those in countries such as Romania.

What's really frightening is that most of these infections can be prevented, cheaply and easily.
But the National Health System works their employees so much that they can't go to the bathroom to wash their hands!!!!!

Staff are still not washing their hands properly says the report but this is not because they are lazy. Nurses and other staff are so overworked they don't have time to use the bathroom.

Aside from the lack of handwashing - when do they get to go potty?

Remember this article when the Democrats start their whining about nationalizing health care again.

In fact, read the whole article, and be afraid.
Killer Superbugs Soar In Hospitals

Posted by Beth at July 15, 2004 06:43 AM