The bug initially leads to diarrhea. Then causes 027 strain of C Diff. The director of nursing at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk, said that the 17 patients had experienced complications from C Diff before their death.
Five patients were said to have undergone a major bowel surgery after attacked by the bug. Another 11 were being treated. Most of them were elderly and above 65.
Now the hospital major concern is to clean the hospital of the bug. It was a major concern at the hospital for the moment. Because the strain caused by the bug is more virulent than any strain. Hospital was spending extra £400,000 for cleaning.
The hospital has intensified its cleaning regime because this virulent bug has caused the deaths of 17 elderly patients. These deaths were over a period of four months. The hospital is said to be revising its antibiotic procedures and cleaning procedures.
