21 Babies Killed By Deadly Bug
At the Auckland City Hospital they’ve already lost 21 newborn babies in the NICU. Why? A deadly virus that can’t be cured by antibiotics.
The virus is known as Staphylococcus aureus, a bacteria found in human skin. No one is 100% how or when the bacteria got into the hospital, but they knew about it since April. The hospital staff is doing everything they can to get rid of the issue, they’re even separating the newborns in different rooms depending on what type of contact they might’ve had with those that were infected.
Staph. aureus is one of the top-three fatal infections for premature babies.
Such an infection often causes no more than pimples or mild rashes, but it can lead to fatal conditions including pneumonia, meningitis, toxic shock syndrome and septicemia.
Auckland City Hospital infection control clinical adviser Dr Sally Roberts said the infection was relatively common in neonatal intensive care units. It had been identified early, and appropriate infection control measures had been “stringently implemented”.
Newborns are always at risk for infections, however NICU ones are even more. I really hope they stop this from spreading and no more babies die from it.
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Elizabeth...mommy...etc
Jun 12, 2008 at 10:06 pm
this is unbelievably heartbreaking!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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