Thread: 10 people are dying every day from the superbug Clostridium

Clostridium difficile kills ten patients a day
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
Last Updated: 3:17am GMT 29/02/2008

The Telegraph Hospital Guide
Nearly 10 people are dying every day from the superbug Clostridium difficile.

Official figures show 6,480 death certificates in 2006 mentioned the bug, compared with 3,757 the year before - a rise of 72 per cent.

The increase comes after the Government told doctors in 2005 to note healthcare-acquired infections on death certificates.

The number which gave C.diff as the underlying cause of death rose from 2,063 in 2005 to 3,490 in 2006 in England and Wales - almost 10 a day.

Prof Brian Duerden, the Government's chief microbiologist, said the rise in death certificates mentioning C.diff was due to better reporting and overall infection rates were falling.

He added: "Since 2006 we have taken significant steps to tackle infections. These include stringent hand-washing guidance for the NHS, a bare-below-the- elbows dress code, putting matrons back in charge of cleanliness on their wards and an ongoing deep clean of every ward."

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interesting but 12 Americans die at the hands of illegal invaders every day.

Illegal aliens murder

12 Americans daily
Death toll in 2006 far overshadows total

U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, Afghanistan

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Posted: November 28, 2006
1:00 am Eastern


By Joseph Farah
© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com




WASHINGTON ? While the military "quagmire" in Iraq was said to tip the scales of power in the U.S. midterm elections, most Americans have no idea more of their fellow citizens ? men, women and children ? were murdered this year by illegal aliens than the combined death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan since those military campaigns began.
Though no federal statistics are kept on murders or any other crimes committed by illegal aliens, a number of groups have produced estimates based on data collected from prisons, news reports and independent research.

Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens. That's 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001.

Total U.S. troop deaths in Iraq as of last week were reported at 2,863. Total U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan during the five years of the Afghan campaign are currently at 289, according to the Department of Defense
But the carnage wrought by illegal alien murderers represents only a fraction of the pool of blood spilled by American citizens as a result of an open border and un-enforced immigration laws.

While King reports 12 Americans are murdered daily by illegal aliens, he says 13 are killed by drunk illegal alien drivers ? for another annual death toll of 4,745. That's 23,725 since Sept. 11, 2001.

While no one ? in or out of government ? tracks all U.S. accidents caused by illegal aliens, the statistical and anecdotal evidence suggests many of last year's 42,636 road deaths involved illegal aliens.

A report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Study found 20 percent of fatal accidents involve at least one driver who lacks a valid license. In California, another study showed that those who have never held a valid license are about five times more likely to be involved in a fatal road accident than licensed drivers.

Statistically, that makes them an even greater danger on the road than drivers whose licenses have been suspended or revoked ? and nearly as dangerous as drunk drivers.

King also reports eight American children are victims of sexual abuse by illegal aliens every day ? a total of 2,920 annually.

Based on a one-year in-depth study, Deborah Schurman-Kauflin of the Violent Crimes Institute of Atlanta estimates there are about 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders in the United States who have had an average of four victims each. She analyzed 1,500 cases from January 1999 through April 2006 that included serial rapes, serial murders, sexual homicides and child molestation committed by illegal immigrants.

As the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. increases, so does the number of American victims.

According to Edwin Rubenstien, president of ESR Research Economic Consultants, in Indianapolis in 1980, federal and state correctional facilities held fewer than 9,000 criminal aliens. But at the end of 2003, approximately 267,000 illegal aliens were incarcerated in all U.S. jails and prisons.

While the federal government doesn't track illegal alien murders, illegal alien rapes or illegal alien drunk driving deaths, it has studied illegal aliens incarcerated in U.S. prisons.

In April 2005, the Government Accountability Office released a report on a study of 55,322 illegal aliens incarcerated in federal, state, and local facilities during 2003. It found the following:

The 55,322 illegal aliens studied represented a total of 459,614 arrests ? some eight arrests per illegal alien;
Their arrests represented a total of about 700,000 criminal offenses ? some 13 offenses per illegal alien;
36 percent had been arrested at least five times before.
"While the vast majority of illegal aliens are decent people who work hard and are only trying to make a better life for themselves and their families, (something you or I would probably do if we were in their place), it is also a fact that a disproportionately high percentage of illegal aliens are criminals and sexual predators," states Peter Wagner, author of a new report called "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration." "That is part of the dark side of illegal immigration and when we allow the 'good' in we get the 'bad' along with them. The question is, how much 'bad' is acceptable and at what price?"
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"interesting but 12 Americans die at the hands of illegal invaders every day."


That's 12............don't forget those killed by DRUNKEN ILLEGALS. Actually, there are 25 Americans killed every day........over 9000 PER YEAR.

" 23,725 since Sept. 11, 2001."

The number which gave C.diff as the underlying cause of death rose from 2,063 in 2005 to 3,490 in 2006 in England and Wales - almost 10 a day.

It is becoming a major problem for countries who hire medical staff from 3rd world countries.

Cdiff is extremely contagious but can be prevented by using basic hygiene practices. Such as washing your hands. Hospitals are more proned to Cdiff because they are like petree dishes for staph infections.

New medical personnel coming from foreign countries add to the problem. They come from cultures that do not have the same hygiene practices as we do. It is obvious because of the amount of super bugs in the U.S. compared to what it was only a short time ago, before hospitals started accepting foreign nurses and doctors.

I wish that the CDC and other medical orgs would publicize their own suspicions of where these new infections originate from. I guess that dont want to sound discriminatory, but it would save alot of lifes if they did.

that was the main reason I posted this ..... because of religious beliefs that endanger the patients

harleycritter

"23,725 since Sept. 11, 2001."

At 25/day that is actually 59,175 from Sep 11, 01 to Mar 6, 08.

Originally Posted by CitizenJustice

harleycritter

"23,725 since Sept. 11, 2001."

At 25/day that is actually 59,175 from Sep 11, 01 to Mar 6, 08.

Acuallly the 23,725 was on or about November 28, 2006 when the aritle came out.