Drug-resistant 'superbug' found in hospitals in London and Nottingham

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Drug-resistant 'superbug' found in hospitals in London and Nottingham
By Jenny Hope
Last updated at 11:41 AM on 12th August 2010

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1302432/Drug-resistant-NDM-1-superbug-London-Nottingham-hospitals.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0wP9zvEDl

London and Nottingham hospitals placed patients in isolation
Gene makes bacteria resistant to almost all antibiotics
Patients brought enzyme back from India and Pakistan

A hospital in London and another in Nottingham have confirmed they have treated patients with the new 'superbug', which is resistant to the most powerful antibiotics.

There are fears that without vigilance the enzyme that allows any bacteria to become a superbug could become widespread in NHS hospitals.

It has infected around 50 Britons so far, many of whom returned to the UK after undergoing surgery in India or Pakistan.

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Something to keep an eye on.

[burnsei sensei]

1. This should worry us far more than a strain of the flu. nt

[EXneoCON]

2. Not good...

...not good at all.

[Warpy]

3. So much for medical tourism to India

until and unless they start paying one hell of a lot more attention to keeping the places spotlessly clean.

They're going to have to rehire housekeeping staff in the west, as well, because cutting staff to the bone and beyond has made hospitals considerably dirtier. This "do more with less" horseshit from management is going to prove dangerous.