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Report: Superbugs killed record number
London (UPI) May 23, 2008 Superbugs are killing a record number of patients in hospitals, nursing homes and hospices, the British Office for National Statistics indicated. The office's statistics linked MRSA and Clostridium difficile to more than 8,000 deaths in England and Wales in 2006, up from 5,300 the previous year, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. A total of 6,424 deaths were linked to Clostridium difficile, which causes intestinal problems, in all three locations in 2006 -- nearly double the 3,719 deaths caused by the infection in 2005, the government office reported. MRSA -- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans -- was responsible for 1,625 deaths, up from 1,621 the previous year. More than 1,100 hospitals, hospices and nursing homes reported at least one death from Clostridium difficile in the last five years. More than 900 facilities had at least one death from MRSA, the British newspaper reported. The Office for National Statistics said many of the hospitals reporting large numbers of deaths from the infections likely had high numbers of patients. The office got the information from death certificates that showed where patients died but not where they acquired the infection or were treated before their deaths. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Broadband Access Opens Doors To Networking And Economic Development For Rural Areas
University Park PA (SPX) May 22, 2008Proactive policies are needed to facilitate broadband Internet access and adoption in rural areas so that rural hospitals, schools and businesses can drive social and economic development and better position themselves to compete, say Penn State researchers in a recently released report from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania. |
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