{"article":{"id":212337,"heading":"Politician wants to fine hospitals if patients contract infections during treatments","author":"Infection Protection","created":"2008-01-07 01:58:51","modified":"2008-01-07 01:58:51","last_modified":"Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:58:51","article":"<p>A leading U.K. politician wants the government to fine hospitals for each patient who contracts an infection during their stay. In a speech, David Cameron, a member of Parliament, said English hospitals should lose part of their yearly government payment for each patient if that person contracted MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or another infection, Clostridium difficile, according to a report by the BBC. <br>  <br> By Gene Koprowski, Editor-in-Chief <br><br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.care-mates.com\/blog\/?p=54","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"A leading U.K. politician wants the government to fine hospitals for each patient who contracts an infection during their stay. ","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2008\/01\/212337.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}