Up to 583 Died from C.Diff in Ontario Hospitals Over the Past Year
One wonders how and wy this is not considered a panademic when one little province has had more deaths form an unknown strain then all the worlds Swine Flu combined . If thsi doesnt prove that our governments do not have the peoples best interest at heart and are only concerned to vaccinate the populace with an unsafe vaccine for profit , nothign will wake up the people
Up to 583 died from C. diff in Ont. hospitals over past year
http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/645640
October 01, 2009
Naomi Powell
Hamilton Spectator
Up to 583 Ontario hospital patients died from the deadly superbug C. difficile in the last 12 months, according to an estimate from the province’s top patient safety advisor.
Dr. Michael Baker provided the “scholarly estimate” on the first anniversary of the province’s online reporting system for C. diff and other patient safety indicators. After studying hospitals in Ontario, the U.K. and other jurisdictions, an expert panel commissioned by Baker determined that 16 to 24 per cent of patients with C. diff-associated disease died within 30 days of contracting the bug. Of those deaths, 70 per cent were caused by C. difficile. The panel applied that formula to the number of infections that occurred in Ontario hospitals over the last 12 months to come with their fatality estimate.
Baker is not planning to ask hospitals to count the number of deaths caused by C. diff. To do that would be “a massive undertaking,” he said.
Tracking C. diff deaths is both hugely time-consuming and controversial. Supporters say an accurate fatality count is crucial to gauging the bug’s full impact on hospitals. Others argue that patients who contract C. diff are often fighting other health problems, making it difficult to identify the superbug as the cause of their deaths.
“Why get into the controversial area where experts disagree among themselves?” Baker said.
Baker is encouraged that the rate of C. diff infections in Ontario has fallen by 30 per cent over the last year.