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.

WARNING: HOSPITALISATION in CENTRAL TORONTO TEACHING HOSPITALS

Difficult to find single rooms , many filled with pts with AIDS & other communicable diseases. When private rooms available,$300/24 hrs with OHIP. Understaffed nursing services. Strongly advised to hire personal experienced Registered nurse from Agencies. As nursing uniforms no longer worn, difficult to tell nurses from cleaners.