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MRSA panic grips Mangaluru
Mangaluru, June 14, 2015, DHNS
Students protest in front of Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing on Balmatta Road in Mangaluru on Saturday. DH Photo
Mangalureans as well as residents of neighbouring cities panicked for a while when hundreds of BSc students of Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing in the city staged a protest in front of the institution, saying that it was trying to cover-up the outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)...
...Speaking to mediapersons, final-year student Joslin D?Souza said students posted at the maternity ward of A J Hospital?of which Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing is a part?had been infected with MRSA. He claimed the infection has spread to about 90 students, and 75 per cent symptoms had been found among about 200 students.
?The college principal didn?t grant us leave, and we did not get free treatment at the hospital. Though we requested the college authorities to re-test those who had tested positive, the authorities didn?t heed our pleas and asked those infected to remain isolated. However, after the protest, the management has agreed to sanction 10 days' leave and provide free treatment to the affected,? he said.
When mediapersons sought clarification from the college authorities on the issue during the students' protest, none were allowed inside and the doors were locked. However, after some time, Mental Health Department head Triza Mathias said only 50-60 students are affected by MRSA. She also said they had been kept isolated and treated in the hospital...
MRSA panic grips Mangaluru
Mangaluru, June 14, 2015, DHNS
Students protest in front of Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing on Balmatta Road in Mangaluru on Saturday. DH Photo
Mangalureans as well as residents of neighbouring cities panicked for a while when hundreds of BSc students of Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing in the city staged a protest in front of the institution, saying that it was trying to cover-up the outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)...
...Speaking to mediapersons, final-year student Joslin D?Souza said students posted at the maternity ward of A J Hospital?of which Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing is a part?had been infected with MRSA. He claimed the infection has spread to about 90 students, and 75 per cent symptoms had been found among about 200 students.
?The college principal didn?t grant us leave, and we did not get free treatment at the hospital. Though we requested the college authorities to re-test those who had tested positive, the authorities didn?t heed our pleas and asked those infected to remain isolated. However, after the protest, the management has agreed to sanction 10 days' leave and provide free treatment to the affected,? he said.
When mediapersons sought clarification from the college authorities on the issue during the students' protest, none were allowed inside and the doors were locked. However, after some time, Mental Health Department head Triza Mathias said only 50-60 students are affected by MRSA. She also said they had been kept isolated and treated in the hospital...