Mrsa Killed Woman After Hip Operation




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A 75-year-old woman died in hospital after contracting MRSA while recovering from a hip operation. Birmingham coroner Aiden Cotter yesterday heard how Barbara Ethel Knight was admitted to Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham on May 3 after she fell and broke her hip.

The retired packer, who lived in the Tandy Court residential home, in Tandy Drive, Kings Heath, had fallen after returning to her bed from the bathroom in the early hours of the morning.

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Mrsa Killed Woman After Hip Operation

Carers at the home found her on the f...

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