Unbeknownst to us all: World peace if only we were all like Mary Harney
Mary Harney, the Minister and picture of Health, has, without so much as breaking sweat, solved the problem of MRSA in hospitals. It seems that the problem, unbeknownst to all experts, but, apparently staring all of them in the face, is people who visit sick people in hospitals.
Those dastardly visitors of sick and ailing relatives are, according to the Minister, and she would know, unhygienic and therefore the root of all MRSA evil in hospitals. Well, tie me kangaroo down sport.
Naturally this has all come as something as a shock to regular hospital visitors and the sick and ailing recipients of such visits. It goes without saying that this problem was unbeknownst to both visitors and visitees until Ms Harney so eloquently got on the ball. Indeed their collective flabbers were well and truly gasted at this massive revelation.
But, as with most things in life, one answer can lead to a thousand questions, and so it is with this latest missive from the Department of Health.
If the visitors are causing MRSA in hospitals, are they then becoming infected when they leave?
If infected, who is treating them?
If left untreated, are the infected going off to ditches to die like fatally injured dogs do in Meath?
When dead, are their corpses consumed by bone gnawing vermin like rats and badgers who then spread the MRSA bug into the eco-system with the potential to cause a extinction event to humainty in Co Meath?
Thank the lord Mary Harney has her finger on the pulse of the Health system.
posted by spudnik @ 13:08
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3 Comments:
Actually the nursing organisations are in support of this. Apparently with all the people around beds for long periods of the day -- people ignore visiting hours -- the nurses/cleaning staff don't get a chance to keep the beside areas clean enough.
Which makes you wonder Dave, are the nursing organisations living in the real world along with the rest of us. Or are they protecting their own self interests and casting blame away from their members.
Yes, there is no doubt that poor hygiene practise from visitors is an area that can be contributary to MRSA and its continued existance. But as some documentries have exposed in the English health service. It is the Doctors, Nurses and to a lesser extent other hospital staff that are the greater criminals in breaking hygiene protocol and letting standards drop. As Minister for Health and nursing organisations they should be looking in house at better practise not looking for shadows and unaccountable scapegoats, to excuse their shortcomings.
Maybe you missed that point Dave?
I recent study in by medical people in England has highlighted Doctors neckties has unnessary and possible carriers of various bacteria including MRSA as it is know that MRSA and others live 10 times better on clothing and Doctors tend not to wash their ties! Maybe Mary needs to cut ties!!
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