corrective surgery?

Hell no!

I think I'd be asking for a referral to another hospital (preferably one with a better record!) and I would think that you would be within your rights to do so based on your previous experience at that hospital.

MRSA certainly wouldn't encourage me to revisit the same place!

Go with your instincts on this one, you've already had one really bad experience - I certainly wouldn't be in any hurry to repeat it.

Our hospitals in the UK are completely disgusting, too much emphasis on how many people they can treat in as short a time as possible and no thought to basic levels of hygiene.

Come back Matron all is forgiven!

It sounds scarry but I would, you can catch MRSA anywhere. It's just hospital patients are more vulnerable.

Ask about what measures you can take to reduce the risk, make sure any staff who come near you wash their hands first and the same goes for all visitors. Don't let anyone sit on your bed and if you are not happy with cleaning take in some dettox spray to wipe down yout bed table, locker, bed etc or get a friend/relative to do it. Take your own bed linen if need be and use your own towels etc.

mrsa is rampant in all health care facilities. actually it is on your body at all times. when you are "run down" is when peoples mrsa can have an overgrowth. as a health care provider we are seeing more and more in simple surgical wounds. you should look into infection rate in that particular hospital. socomial vs. nonsocomial. these are infections that are brouhgt into the hospital prior to admission opposed to the ones that develope in the hospital. check with the infection control nurse for this information, or even the state, as all infections developed in the hospitals have to be reported to the state.

God loon thats awful,im sorry but no way would i go back there.

You need to find out which hospitals within a 30 mile or so radius have no mrsa in them.

Ask your GP to do this for you.

This way you are putting the onus on them to do whats right for you.

MRSA is caused by your inability to fight infections naturally

sounds like you've taken too many antibiotics in your life

I wouldnt go anywhere I have to question.