New case as NHS boss denies C diff worries
Published Date:
23 June 2008
By Lyndsay Moss
A HOSPITAL ward has been closed to new patients in Glasgow after the emergence of a new case of the Clostridium difficile bug.
Four patients at the Victoria Infirmary have now tested positive for the infection.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said patients associated with the ward were all being nursed in isolation, and none was giving cause for concern.
The new case comes after the head of the same health board denied that senior staff knew of concerns about delays in closing wards when patients fell ill in a fatal outbreak of C difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
An anonymous staff member questioned why wards were not closed after patients were struck down with C difficile. But Tom Divers, chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, said senior staff had told his team they were unaware of any such concerns from other staff.
He also denied the Dunbartonshire hospital was starved of resources.
C difficile has been blamed as the main cause of nine deaths at the hospital in just six months.
Mr Divers said he would apologise to patients' families if a review found fundamental shortcomings at the hospital.
The full article contains 203 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
22 June 2008 9:32 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
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