Feds Stand By As Infants Die

Laxness even American bishops wouldn’t tolerate.

Betsy McCaughey September 5, 2018

Last week, the horrific facts behind baby Melanie Sanders’ death finally came to light. Just sixteen weeks old, she died after contracting a virus raging through the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Medical staff who examined newborns’ eyes failed to put on clean gloves for each baby. Unclean eye-exam devices were reused on one baby after another instead of being disinfected. A staggering 23 newborns, more than half the babies in the unit, got sick with the virus. Melanie struggled to fight it off, but died.

 

Like Melanie, tens of thousands of patients of all ages die each year because of careless hospital hygiene. Hospitals would like you to think infections are inevitable. They’re not. Unclean hands and contaminated equipment are largely to blame.

Some hospitals are almost eradicating infection risk. Not in New York. Hospitals here have infection rates worse than the national average.   Melanie’s death made headlines because her parents are suing the hospital. Most families don’t have that option. They count on the government to make sure hospitals are safe. Don’t bet on it..........Does the CDC care? Apparently not. The agency doesn’t even know how many patients are dying from hospital infections..........To Read More.....

My Take - So from this should we believe if the government takes over all health care in the nation it will be better?