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HOSPITALS are trying to hide the number of patients dying from the MRSA superbug by not recording it on death certificates, it was claimed yesterday. Campaigners calling for urgent action to tackle the bug suspect that the true number of MRSA deaths is far higher than the number admitted by the Government.
Tony Field, chairman of MRSA Support, said: ‘This story is not unique. We believe that around half our members who have lost loved ones to MRSA did not have the fact recorded on the death certificate.
‘It appears hospitals are not keen on putting MRSA on certificates because it has to go on their figures.’
Government rules were tightened last April to make it mandatory to record MRSA on death certificates if it was a factor.
