‘Standards of hygiene in the hospital where dad died of MRSA infection were appalling’
AN MP has told how the shocking death of her father after he contracted MRSA in hospital spurred her into launching a political career.
Andrea Jenkyns’ father, Clifford, a lorry driver, died after developing the bacterial infection in 2011.
Mr Jenkyns went into hospital for lung cancer treatment, but the bug meant he couldn’t have his operation.
It is believed he would have lived for several years more had he been able to have the surgery.
Ms Jenkyns, Conservative
MP for Morley and Outwood,
CAMPAIGNER Andrea Jenkyns released a photograph of him four days before his death at the age of 73. She said: “My dad was a fit guy. But the picture shows what MRSA reduced him to. He weighed less than seven stone.”
She said he was put in isolation, but staff would come in and out without washing their hands or wearing gloves. She added: “I was shocked, but when I mentioned this to the head nurse, I was just stared at blankly. The standards of hygiene were appalling.” Andrea is a trustee of the charity MRSA Action.