B.C., Canada: C. Diff at Burnaby General Hospital- 84 deaths in 2.5 yrs.

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Source: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Hospital+deaths+alarm+Burnaby+doctors/6232465/story.html

Hospital deaths alarm Burnaby doctors
84 patients succumb to C. difficile in 30 months

By Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver Sun; With Files From Gordon Hoekstra March 1, 2012 2:19 AM

Eight senior physicians are ringing serious alarm bells about the risk of patients contracting C. difficile at Burnaby General Hospital, saying 84 people have died there with the infection within a period of two and a half years.

"We would characterize current CDAD [C. difficile] infection control management at Burnaby Hospital, at best, as a serious hazard to the patient population," said a Jan. 9 letter sent to the head of Fraser Health by members of the hospital's infection control committee...

 

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Re: B.C., Canada: C. Diff at Burnaby General Hospital- 84 deaths in 2.5 yrs.

Source: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Doc...ospital+medical+negligence/6230996/story.html


Doctors call 84 deaths at Burnaby hospital ?medical negligence?
By MIKE RAPTIS, The Province February 29, 2012

Eighty-four patients at Burnaby General Hospital have died since 2009 of serious infection, senior doctors said Wednesday.

The physicians claim the situation is akin to ?medical negligence...?