Hospital superbug kills baby

SocietyGuardian.co.uk: "A one-day-old baby boy was killed by the hospital superbug MRSA, it emerged today. Luke Day was just 36 hours old when he died in Ipswich hospital, in a case which has left medical bosses unable to explain what went wrong. The baby was born naturally on February 2, weighing 7lb 7oz, and showed no signs of ill health. But just 36 hours later he was dead and a post mortem examination, carried out at Great Ormond Street Children's hospital in London, found the cause of death was septicaemia caused by MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus). Hospital bosses said they had no idea how the superbug had infected Luke during his time in the hospital's maternity unit after an investigation failed to uncover the source of the infection."