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Written by Christine Besson
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Wednesday, 10 May 2006 |
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The infection started a week after my baby was born. My newborn’s ombilical cord did not heal properly and we had to bring her back to the hospital where she was tested.
She was diagnosed with MRSA. The doctors called us back to hospital for a follow up and they gave us all the necessary information on how to take care of our infected baby.
Two days later, we returned to the hospital, becaue the infection had become worse, even with the anti-bacterial cream and the cauterization. Doctors decided to hospitalise our baby and treat her with intraveinous antibiotics. Our baby was only 14 days old. |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Sunday, 07 May 2006 |
Jolly good and strong fellow of 38, father of a 7 year old girl, owner of a garage, I led a happy and active life. August 2001: I broke my leg while roller skating. Hospital, reduction of the fracture with a piece of metal (which means I went through a regular surgery). Doctors told me that I will be back to work within a month.
3 years and 15 surgeries later, my leg is not yet healed : a severe infection caused by a bacteria – SARM, staphylococcus aureus resistant to methicillin – ate up the bone and causes constant infection preventing the leg from healing. Should the leg be amputated? Doctors hesitated. Amputation might cause the bacteria to spread all over the body, resulting in death.
I am victim of what is called an hospital-acquired infection. There is no way the hospital or the doctors can be sued. I no longer can work, having to go to hospital almost every second day for treatment and care, I am constantly in pain and must take awful lot of extremely strong antibiotics and heavy doses of morphine. I am left with no resources, I have sold my garage, cashed in all my REER (savings) and soon, I will have to sell my house. I have to pay for certain medication, gas to go to hospital, hospital parking lot etc
My life has become a nightmare and no doctor can tell me if it will stop one day. |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Saturday, 06 May 2006 |
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January 19, 2005, I was admitted to Notre-Dame hospital for surgery in order to cure a lung cancer. The surgery was planned for January 21. I was very optimistic and in a general good condition ready for a 10 days stay. The day following the surgery, I started to experience heavy stomach cramps, this was followed by severe diarrhea and pains in my legs.
January 24, they put me in intensive care. With my son’s permission, doctors had to perform a colostomy (part of the intestine is being removed) and install a pouch. This procedure was to be reversed in a couple of months only.
Doctors thought I was going to die. I spent over a week in a semi-coma state. I also had to endure a tracheotomy, to help me communicate and to be fed.
My family learn then that I had caught the bacteria C.difficile. They had to wear gloves and special gowns when visiting me. My wife remembers that she was very scared of being contaminated herself, because of the filthiness of the room, used syringes left on the floor etc. I spent a month and a half in this hospital, followed by another stay in a Health Center in Laval, where I received psychological help to adapt to my invalid condition: I will have to live the rest of my life with the colostomy bag. To add to my physical difficulties, I have to pay for part of bag. My income is only 1 880 $/month and I have to pay 1400$ per year for the bad and other related expenses.
Why must I pay for the consequences of a dirty hospital besides suffering with diminished capacities and lost of enjoyment of life?
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Written by Christine Besson
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Saturday, 06 May 2006 |
My grand-mother fractured her hip as she got out of the bath. She was operated and doctors’ prognostic was excellent.
Beginning of September 2004
My grand-mother was being diagnosed with lung cancer in the advanced stage. Her life prognostic was 18 months.
September 24
My grand-mother suffered from a bout of severe diarrhea – it was a C.difficile infection.
September 27
My grandmother died from this infection.
We saw so many things in this hospital that could have been done in a much better way so as not to propagate this infection.. |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Saturday, 06 May 2006 |
January 8, 2005, my father was hospitalized for a heart disorder. After a battery of tests, doctors told him that he needed a triple by-pass, which would be done at the Institut de Cardiologie. During his stay, before the surgery, my father becames infected with the C.difficile bacteria. The bacteria vanished one week prior to the surgery. On February 8, the surgery was completed with success as announced by the team of doctors, pleased to deliver such good news! Two days later, the C.difficile is back and the next day, my father was dead.
I do not recommend this hospital to any one. There is general negligence in the cleaning of the rooms which are filthy. Garbage cans are placed just beside the patient’s bed without any cover. On the third floor, patients coming out from an isolation rooms, are placed together in the same room. |
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