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Ghana: KBTH Children's Emergency Ward Closed due to MRSA

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.modernghana.com/news/375026/1/kbth-children039s-emergency-ward-closed.html

29 January 2012 Last updated at 16:00 CET
KBTH Children's Emergency Ward Closed
Source: Daily Graphic - Daily Graphic


The Children's Emergency Ward of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has been closed indefinitely.

This follows the outbreak of a bacterial infection, known as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus [MRSA].

A release issued in Accra by the hospital, said five cases have so far been diagnosed among children on admission at the ward and they are undergoing treatment.

The release said the infection has not spread to other parts of the hospital...
 
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