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FAMILIES who have lost loved ones to the MRSA superbug want every hospital to get a new kind of machine that can detect the lethal illness within hours.
The MRSA and Families campaign group wants every patient tested upon arrival at hospital as part of the fight to rid wards of the bug, which can maim and kill.
Group founder Margaret Dawson said current tests on patients with suspected MRSA can take five days.
“Hospitals could have the results within hours and this could save lives and stop others getting infected. MRSA is such an awful infection to have – people who have caught the superbug have come out of hospital sicker than when they went in. Early diagnosis and treatment is the key.”
Ms Dawson’s husband, Joe, was left seriously ill when he went into hospital for a back operation.
