A mate went into hospital to get seriously sick, been there for a couple of weeks now

[Roverlord off road spares]

A 70 year old mate of ours had a new reconstruction done a few years back under work cover, his other knee needed doing so a 3 weeks ago he was booked into a private hospital .
It was a routine operation. After it was done he was to stay in hospital for a couple of days and then go to a rehab facility. The day before release the doc came in to inform out mate that the repair didn't take and he will have to go back into surgery. He was put on very strong pain killers as he was in great deal of pain. They reschedule another operation . So in he goes to theatre and they discover he has got Golden staf on the bone. So they scrape the bone stitch him up and dose him up with pain killers.
But the golden staf is still there and they schedule a third operation, they scrape his bone again as they didn't get the golden staff completely and then leave the wound open, he is going into theatre for the 4th time to have the rest of his bone scraped. He is in quite a bit of pain.

It happens to be the same brand of Private hospital (which is supposed to be a top hospital) though a different location, that I got an infection whilst I had a major operation preformed . I remember having to go to the loo in the Sterile area adjacent to the operating theatre after I was gowned up and there was wee on the floor and the toilet seat had green stuff growing on it. prertty poor cleaning/housing keeping considering what they charge to stay there.
You can knock public hospitals but our local one has no recorded incidences of golden staf. So you go in Healthy and get sick in their care.\

[Rob2]

Me Bro went into the same brand private hospital here in Mackay for a knee replacement and came out with the same infection.

Now three years later he is in the Base Hospital having his eighth knee replacement operation.
They inserted a rod and have him on drips and injections still trying to get rid of the infection before they put in the tin knee joint. He is likely to be in for another six weeks before they operate again.

Trouble has been that he has been clear after an operation but a different strain of bug develops after about six months.

They are baffled but as he is a Vietnam Vet I put it down to an Agent Orange encounter.
Some of the Vets in the USA are having huge Agent Orange problems years later with sleep appnia, The Bro suffers badly with it.

But will they listen !!!

[Roverlord off road spares]

Seems my mate is going in for the 5th operation on Wednesday, this is ridiculous, how many times can a 70 yr old survive getting put under. I reckon if he could he would love to get to another hospital.

[DiscoMick]

Hospitals are full of diseases. Golden staph infections are common as is MRSA (Multi Resistant Staph Aureus). There is no cure for MRSA, I believe.
Some think the change from fulltime to contract cleaners to try to save money has made the problem worse because the contractors are not available 24/7 to clean, but I'm not sure if that is right.
Feel for your mate.

[Bazzle218]

Imagine how many less germs hospitals would have if people actually wore covered shoe,s not thongs or bear feet, as they do in my neck of the woulds. Adults with thongs and there kids in bear feet. :soapbox:

[weeds]

Imagine how many less germs hospitals would have if people actually wore covered shoe,s not thongs or bear feet, as they do in my neck of the woulds. Adults with thongs and there kids in bear feet. :soapbox:

Bit wouldn't the covered shoes have germs on them??

I wear thongs as much as I can.....after wearing heavy steel cap boots all day.

[Roverlord off road spares]

Imagine how many less germs hospitals would have if people actually wore covered shoe,s not thongs or bear feet, as they do in my neck of the woulds. Adults with thongs and there kids in bear feet. :soapbox:
I often see people walking in the shopping strips barefoot, not my cuppa tea after dogs , pigeon and other animals have **** and peed on the foot paths, people spit on the footpaths and spit out chewing gum, and people walk barefoot on this, i wonder if they even wash their feet before the crawl into bed at night PHEW . Bare foot should be confined to the sandy beaches

[jx2mad]

A few years back I had a multiple prostrate biopsy done under general anaesthetic. Weeks later I was feeling a bit off and went to my local community hospital. They admitted me and started the usual series of blood tests. After this I went on a series of antibiotics. They received all but one result. These came back clear. They then received the last blood test result which showed sceptecemia (blood poisoning) and belted me with a new stronger round of antibiotics. When I was eventually released I was told I had golden staff in the blood and if I had left it much later it would have been very bad for me.

[87County]

At least you're still with us Jim :)

[jx2mad]

Yep. Still waking up each morning [smilebigeye]

[NavyDiver]

Hope your mate recovers with out too much damage. Recovery gets harder as we get older. I hope he is otherwise fit and healthy.

My little brother has an inch off one leg bone after getting Golden S in warrnambool or Ballarat 30 years ago after a crash. It is a shocker. He is lopsided and other issues due to it even now.

Most of the so called super bugs are rampant in the community and with G Stph it is almost impossible for any surgical hospital to avoid contamination at times as we all or most of us bring it in with us when we go to hospital. It is on most of us on our skin and in our nose[bigsad] Link (https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/staphylococcus-aureus-golden-staph)

[Roverlord off road spares]

A few years back I had a multiple prostrate biopsy done under general anaesthetic. Weeks later I was feeling a bit off and went to my local community hospital. They admitted me and started the usual series of blood tests. After this I went on a series of antibiotics. They received all but one result. These came back clear. They then received the last blood test result which showed septicemia (blood poisoning) and belted me with a new stronger round of antibiotics. When I was eventually released I was told I had golden staff in the blood and if I had left it much later it would have been very bad for me.

I have had septicemia in my hand and the blood poising was traveling up my arm and it is a very painful experience, I went to Casulaity and was admitted straight away for an operation to remove the foreign object. It is life threatening if left untreated.

[DeeJay]

I had an ankle fusion operation 2 weeks ago( private hospital) and have just gone off the 4x daily antibiotic capsules. They were in addition to the daily injection.
Today we had the plaster replaced with fibreglass & my wife questioned the surgeon whether the hospital made a mistake issuing injections for another four weeks.
Now I know why he was insistent I continue with them...

[DiscoMick]

I think many of us under-estimate just how many bacteria are on us. There are more bacteria on the average person than there are people in the world. Our mouths are the dirtiest parts of our bodies. Everyone should be using mouthwash in addition to regular brushing of teeth and drinking lots more water. Many people do not wash their hands and then transfer the bacteria to their mouths and eyes. Really, we humans are just a seething mass of bacteria. There are more bacteria on us than there are human cells in our bodies. It's no wonder that antibiotics fail to cope sometimes and super-bugs spread.

Humans Carry More Bacterial Cells than Human Ones - Scientific American (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-humans-carry-more-bacterial-cells-than-human-ones/)

[NavyDiver]

I think many of us under-estimate just how many bacteria are on us. There are more bacteria on the average person than there are people in the world. Our mouths are the dirtiest parts of our bodies. Everyone should be using mouthwash in addition to regular brushing of teeth and drinking lots more water. Many people do not wash their hands and then transfer the bacteria to their mouths and eyes. Really, we humans are just a seething mass of bacteria. There are more bacteria on us than there are human cells in our bodies. It's no wonder that antibiotics fail to cope sometimes and super-bugs spread.

Humans Carry More Bacterial Cells than Human Ones - Scientific American (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-humans-carry-more-bacterial-cells-than-human-ones/)

Its normal part of us DiscoMick. When we are healthy and not injured it is not a problem. I fully agree re brushing and flossing our teeth as lots of indications for the number of illnesses possibly or probably linked to aural hygiene or lack. The super bugs are a huge issue once we get ill and especially if we have open wounds or need surgery.

It is a lot tougher to almost impossible to eliminate many bugs from our bodies and often many are vital for our lives. Like wise for virus except the ones we can vaccinate against. Norovirus is another bug bear for many( food poisoning) Just ask the crew of Sun Princess with the ship getting contaminated multiple times in a row and almost certainly being recontaminated shortly after it is sterilized. Hospitals and nursing homes cop Norovirus a lot as well.

Happily most of it is good for us (http://discoverykids.com/articles/why-we-cant-live-without-bacteria/)

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[ozscott]

I had a sinus op a few months ago where the work included incisions right up near the brain...makes you think about infection there and how quickly it could go bad.

Hope your mate gets better soon.

Cheers

[Roverlord off road spares]

Well our mate is getting the metal knee cap removed tomorrow, then gets sent home in a wheel chair for 6 weeks, after that time they will try for the 6 time. A couple of mates are going over to build him a wheel chair ramp at his house to make access easier for him.
Work Safe should be paying for this, but with the wheels in motion don't turn fast [bigsad], it's faster for some one to whip around and build one for him.