Deaths-head Jester

About:
[The Project]
[The ApocaDocs]
[Equal Share]
The Six Scenarios:
[Species Collapse]
[Infectious Disease]
[Climate Chaos]
[Resource Depletion]
[Biology Breach]
[Recovery]
Explore:

Play:

It's weekly, funny, and free!

SEARCH

More than 5,600 stories!

A great gift
for crisis deniers!


The ApocaDocs have a Book!
Humoring the Horror of the
Converging Emergencies
94 color pages
$24.99 now $15!
Or read FREE online!




Twitter




Ping this story
in social media:
del.icio.us
Digg
Newsvine
NowPublic
Reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon

Posted Sun Sep 28 2008: from London Guardian:
Deaths soar from hospital superbugs http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1222621393
Almost 37,000 NHS patients have died after catching either the MRSA or C-difficile hospital superbugs during Labour's time in office, official figures show. The two virulent infections claimed 36,674 lives between 1997 and 2007. Of those, 26,208 were from Clostridium difficile and 10,466 from MRSA. Numbers dying in England and Wales from C-difficile soared from 975 in 1999 to 8,324 last year, a jump of about 850 per cent, while fatalities linked to MRSA grew from 386 in 1997 to 1,593 in 2007.
[Read more stories about: superbugs]

New!:
No reader quips yet -- be the first!

Got a PaniQuip?

Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit):

First name:

The text shown in the Web image to the right:


We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

The ApocaDocs say:
Makes the Hippocratic Oath seem a bit hypocritical.

NEXT>
More stories:
  • Sun's Power Hits New Low, May Endanger Earth?
  • Scientists think algae may be the fuel of the future
  • (Deaths soar from hospital superbugs)
  • Arctic Saw Fastest August Sea Ice Retreat On Record, NASA Data Show
  • Climate change may be sparking new and bigger "dead zones"

  • Want to explore more?
    Try the PaniCloud!
    Copyright 2010 The Apocadocs.com