We've seen this from elsewhere in the world, unfortunately a bit too often.
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f..._BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1060,82470
Nosocomial infections, NEONATES, DEATHS - Brazil (Alagoas) *************************************** *************** A statement by ProMED-mail < http://www.promedmail.org > ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases < http:// www.isid.org > Date: April 28, 2010 Source: ANSA Latina < http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/notiziari/brasil/20100428202535070620.html > [Edited by J. Torres] La Secretar?a Estadal de Salud de Alagoas, noreste de Brasil, investiga la muerte de reci?n nacidos en la Maternidad Escola Santa Monica, p?blica y vinculada con la Universidad de Ciencias de la Salud de ese estado. Seg?n asesores de prensa del hospital, 21 beb?s murieron desde inicios de abril en ese centro m?dico, cinco de ellos v?ctimas de infecci?n hospitalaria tard?a -adquirida despu?s del nacimiento. Equipos de Vigilancia Sanitaria del gobierno visitaron el martes y hoy la maternidad, y deben concluir en los pr?ximos d?as los resultados de la inspecci?n. La direcci?n de la maternidad inform? a la prensa local que es la unidad es "referencia" en atenci?n a embarazadas y reci?n nacidos de "alto riesgo", y que por eso "es com?n registrar nacimientos de prematuros y beb?s con otras enfermedades, que no resisten los problemas de salud". Torres] The State Authority Ministry of Health of Alagoas, northeast Brazil, is investigating the death of newborns in the Maternity School Santa Monica, public and linked with the University of Health Sciences in the state. According to press the hospital consultants, 21 Babies killed since early April in that hospital, five of them victims of late hospital-acquired infection after birth. Equipments Sanitary Surveillance government on Tuesday and today visited the maternity leave, and should conclude in the coming days the results of inspection. The direction of motherhood informed the local press that the unit is "reference" in care for pregnant women and newborns in "high risk" and therefore "it is common to register births and premature infants with other diseases, can not cope with health problems. " Pero, agreg? la fuente, la preocupaci?n "ahora es la alta reincidencia de infecciones" y tambi?n "el d?ficit de neonat?logos". Comunicado por: Jaime R. But, added the source, the concern "now is the high recurrence of infections" and also "the deficit of neonatologists." Reported by: Jaime R. Torres < torresjaime@cantv.net > -- ProMED-ESP .................................jt *##########################################################*
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f..._BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1060,82470
Nosocomial infections, NEONATES, DEATHS - Brazil (Alagoas) *************************************** *************** A statement by ProMED-mail < http://www.promedmail.org > ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases < http:// www.isid.org > Date: April 28, 2010 Source: ANSA Latina < http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/notiziari/brasil/20100428202535070620.html > [Edited by J. Torres] La Secretar?a Estadal de Salud de Alagoas, noreste de Brasil, investiga la muerte de reci?n nacidos en la Maternidad Escola Santa Monica, p?blica y vinculada con la Universidad de Ciencias de la Salud de ese estado. Seg?n asesores de prensa del hospital, 21 beb?s murieron desde inicios de abril en ese centro m?dico, cinco de ellos v?ctimas de infecci?n hospitalaria tard?a -adquirida despu?s del nacimiento. Equipos de Vigilancia Sanitaria del gobierno visitaron el martes y hoy la maternidad, y deben concluir en los pr?ximos d?as los resultados de la inspecci?n. La direcci?n de la maternidad inform? a la prensa local que es la unidad es "referencia" en atenci?n a embarazadas y reci?n nacidos de "alto riesgo", y que por eso "es com?n registrar nacimientos de prematuros y beb?s con otras enfermedades, que no resisten los problemas de salud". Torres] The State Authority Ministry of Health of Alagoas, northeast Brazil, is investigating the death of newborns in the Maternity School Santa Monica, public and linked with the University of Health Sciences in the state. According to press the hospital consultants, 21 Babies killed since early April in that hospital, five of them victims of late hospital-acquired infection after birth. Equipments Sanitary Surveillance government on Tuesday and today visited the maternity leave, and should conclude in the coming days the results of inspection. The direction of motherhood informed the local press that the unit is "reference" in care for pregnant women and newborns in "high risk" and therefore "it is common to register births and premature infants with other diseases, can not cope with health problems. " Pero, agreg? la fuente, la preocupaci?n "ahora es la alta reincidencia de infecciones" y tambi?n "el d?ficit de neonat?logos". Comunicado por: Jaime R. But, added the source, the concern "now is the high recurrence of infections" and also "the deficit of neonatologists." Reported by: Jaime R. Torres < torresjaime@cantv.net > -- ProMED-ESP .................................jt *##########################################################*