ANOTHER family mourns the loss of a loved one who died after picking up a superbug.
Kidney patient John Hinchcliffe passed away at St James's Hospital after contracting Clostridium difficile.
The grandfather had also been treated for MRSA, but neither he nor his family knew he had caught a second deadly bug.
His death is almos
t a carbon copy of that of patient and campaigner Brian Walker.
These days patients go into hospital more worried about catching these so-called superbugs than the treatment itself.
A year ago MRSA infection rates in Leeds hospitals were 50 per cent above the national average.
Since then the situation has improved and Department of Health inspectors say 'excellent' work is being done to tackle the bug.
But while the number of MRSA cases is falling, instances of patients contracting Clostridium difficile are going up.
Another huge effort, backed by Government cash, must be made to get to grips with this new threat to patient safety before it claims another life and leaves another family consumed with grief.
Clean-up timeTHE Leeds Festival is over for another year – and now the clean-up can begin.
The three-day event marked its tenth birthday with a great weekend of music featuring some of the biggest stars and the best up-and-coming talent.
More than 70,000 people had an amazing time and took home memories and experiences they will never forget. It's just a pity the traffic chaos of past years was repeated on such a grand scale on roads around the site.
Drivers were stranded in their vehicles for up to seven hours last week as routes ground to a halt.
Is it too much to ask that festival organisers spend the next 12 months devoting time and money to finding a solution?
CongratulationsCONGRATULATIONS to all those connected with Wheatfields Hospice.
The Headingley hospice is marking its 30th year of helping patients and families cope with life-limiting illnesses.
At what must be a very difficult time, the Wheatfields staff are on hand to help out in any way they can, both at the hospice itself and across the community.
It does a wonderful job – and has done for the last three decades.
That's why the YEP has supported its work through our Half and Half Appeal.
So please join us in wishing Wheatfields a very happy birthday.
A small donation to the Half and Half Appeal would make a great present.
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