TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL: MRSA INFECTION on 8th floor MEDICAL WARD.

MRSA at Toronto Western Hospital Room 180. Elderly female with COPD & Splenomegaly. Patients'naries not swabed om admission. Patient in room 180 in hosp for at least 4 days before MRSA diagnosed. "Private" rooms filled with patients with "communicable diseases". Nursing services overwhelmed. Administration has not officially informed patients and relatives about MRSA outbreak.