Basic Hygiene Falters at Debt-Ridden Greek Hospitals
Greek hospitals are in such dire straits that staff are failing to keep up basic disease controls such as using gloves and gowns, threatening a rise in multidrug-resistant infections, according to Europe's top health official.
Greece already has one of the worst problems in Europe with hospital-acquired infections, and disease experts fear this is being made worse by an economic crisis that has cut health care staffing levels and hurt standards of care.
With fewer doctors and nurses to look after more patients, and hospitals running low on cash for supplies, risks are being taken even with basic hygiene, said Marc Sprenger, director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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Yeah, and when the tax increases don't pass in CA (it does happen from time to time), the gov't shuts down schools and parks!
Good management means prioritizing, and these folks are obviously ignoring that. Fire a couple of folks and by some gloves.