Originally Posted By: Shannow
bbhero,
my Dad got a staph infection in his elbow joint from a red cross blood donation, and after it all turned to whoop, was treated by
Professor Collignon our best infectious disease guy.
The medical profession hate him, as he's telling people to opt for day surgery wherever possible, as they are far less likely to get a dangerous infection at home than in a hospital.
He had the gall to pay university students to pose as janitors, and record which doctors didn't wash their hands between patients...then tracked their records re post-operative infection. (hundreds of years ago it was worked out that you don't carve cadavers then deliver a baby without washing your hands, but doctors still spread bacteria through carelessness).
He's called for carpet to be banned in hospitals...hospitals want people to feel like it's a motel. Linoleum on the floor, and 6 inches up the wall.
He's pro moving new mothers and their babies out of hospitals and INTO hotel rooms to keep them away from hospital germs (and as his detractors point out, into rooms cleaned by minimum wagers).
He's anti antibactierial sprays in the home (reasoning that if you don't clean the whole surface, just a wipe over, there are enviornments for resistance to grow), and against antibiotics in animal feeds.
(He's pro sulfa drugs, to be the first line of defence for minor issues, and save the antibiotics for serious stuff)
They (the establishment) really do dislike him.
Sounds like my kind of guy.