Re: Update on hospital deaths-Poor storage facilities led to contaminated syringes

[Guest guest]

gee, this is so scarry. my fear of hospitals and needles just went up

a knoch.

--- In , " tigerpaw2c " <tigerpaw2c@...>

wrote:

>

> Poor storage facilities led to contaminated syringes

> Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka

>

> By Kumudini Hettiarachchi

>

> http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070527/News/nws13.html

>

>

> Inadequate storage facilities may be the " most plausible "

> explanation for the contamination of syringes which led to the

death

> of three young women who contracted meningitis after administration

> of spinal anaesthesia for caesarean sections between July 2-25,

2005

> in two main maternity hospitals in Colombo.These were the

disturbing

> findings by a high-level team of doctors who probed a meningitis

> outbreak at the De Soysa and Castle Street Hospitals for Women.

> According to the findings published in the New England Journal of

> Medicine (February 15, 2007), titled `Aspergillus Meningitis in Sri

> Lanka – A Post-Tsunami Effect?', an examination of the Health

> Ministry's central stores of drugs and devices had revealed that

the

> three regularly used, renovated warehouses were full of donations

> for survivors of the tsunami whereas the regular procurements of

the

> ministry were stored in a dusty and humid fourth warehouse with

> leaks in the roof.

>

> " Although the exact source of the contamination remains unclear,

> inadequate storage facilities, owing to the mass influx of

> donations, was identified as the most plausible explanation, given

> the suboptimal storage conditions during the 6-month period after

> the tsunami disaster, " the report said.

>

>

> Immediate incineration of all unused syringes led to the effective

> control of the outbreak, with no reports of aspergillus meningitis

> in 2006, it reassures.

>

> The events which led to the " intensive microbiologic

investigations "

> by Dr. Padma S. Gunaratne, Head of the Institute of Neurology,

> National Hospital, Colombo; Prof. Chandrika N. Wijeyaratne,

> Professor of Reproductive Health, Medical Faculty, University of

> Colombo and Prof. Harsha R. Seneviratne, Professor of Obestetrics

> and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, University of Colombo are indeed

> tragic. (See box for Sunday Times story published on August 14,

> 2005)

>

> Five previously healthy women in the age range 21 to 38, with the

> average age being 27 years had received spinal anesthesia from

> different surgical teams in the two maternity hospitals. They

> developed symptoms of meningitis and three died.

>

> According to the report tests (fungal cultures) on the

cerebrospinal

> fluids or postmortem brain specimens from four patients had been

> positive for Aspergillus fumigatus

>

> The investigations which commenced when the possibility of an

> outbreak was recognized had initially included examination of

> randomly selected, unopened packages of medical supplies: 679

> disposable plastic syringes, 159 intravenous and spinal needles, 87

> cannulae, and 55 ampules of anesthetic agents. Fungal cultures had

> confirmed that 43 syringes from three different manufacturers were

> contaminated with A. fumigatus.

>

[Guest guest]

I wonder how often this does happen? I found this interesting

because how many times have you heard the phrase, mold/fungal no one

has ever died from. Another prime example. The deaths of many others

at the hands of our medical community because most refuse to educate

themselves. This was not by ingestion nor inhalation, it was

injection into the human body, whether it was into the spinal fluid

or the blood what difference would it make.

It just goes to show you can be exposed many different ways.

KC

> >

> > Poor storage facilities led to contaminated syringes

> > Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka

> >

> > By Kumudini Hettiarachchi

> >

> > http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070527/News/nws13.html

> >

> >

> > Inadequate storage facilities may be the " most plausible "

> > explanation for the contamination of syringes which led to the

> death

> > of three young women who contracted meningitis after

administration

> > of spinal anaesthesia for caesarean sections between July 2-25,

> 2005

> > in two main maternity hospitals in Colombo.These were the

> disturbing

> > findings by a high-level team of doctors who probed a meningitis

> > outbreak at the De Soysa and Castle Street Hospitals for Women.

> > According to the findings published in the New England Journal

of

> > Medicine (February 15, 2007), titled `Aspergillus Meningitis in

Sri

> > Lanka – A Post-Tsunami Effect?', an examination of the Health

> > Ministry's central stores of drugs and devices had revealed that

> the

> > three regularly used, renovated warehouses were full of

donations

> > for survivors of the tsunami whereas the regular procurements of

> the

> > ministry were stored in a dusty and humid fourth warehouse with

> > leaks in the roof.

> >

> > " Although the exact source of the contamination remains unclear,

> > inadequate storage facilities, owing to the mass influx of

> > donations, was identified as the most plausible explanation,

given

> > the suboptimal storage conditions during the 6-month period

after

> > the tsunami disaster, " the report said.

> >

> >

> > Immediate incineration of all unused syringes led to the

effective

> > control of the outbreak, with no reports of aspergillus

meningitis

> > in 2006, it reassures.

> >

> > The events which led to the " intensive microbiologic

> investigations "

> > by Dr. Padma S. Gunaratne, Head of the Institute of Neurology,

> > National Hospital, Colombo; Prof. Chandrika N. Wijeyaratne,

> > Professor of Reproductive Health, Medical Faculty, University of

> > Colombo and Prof. Harsha R. Seneviratne, Professor of

Obestetrics

> > and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, University of Colombo are

indeed

> > tragic. (See box for Sunday Times story published on August 14,

> > 2005)

> >

> > Five previously healthy women in the age range 21 to 38, with

the

> > average age being 27 years had received spinal anesthesia from

> > different surgical teams in the two maternity hospitals. They

> > developed symptoms of meningitis and three died.

> >

> > According to the report tests (fungal cultures) on the

> cerebrospinal

> > fluids or postmortem brain specimens from four patients had been

> > positive for Aspergillus fumigatus

> >

> > The investigations which commenced when the possibility of an

> > outbreak was recognized had initially included examination of

> > randomly selected, unopened packages of medical supplies: 679

> > disposable plastic syringes, 159 intravenous and spinal needles,

87

> > cannulae, and 55 ampules of anesthetic agents. Fungal cultures

had

> > confirmed that 43 syringes from three different manufacturers

were

> > contaminated with A. fumigatus.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

AMEN, KC, & ITS TRAGIC, & UNCALLED FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT TO MENTION

IRRESPONSIBLE, & MORE........

VICTORIA :>(

[] Re: Update on hospital deaths-Poor storage facilities

led to contaminated syringes

I wonder how often this does happen? I found this interesting

because how many times have you heard the phrase, mold/fungal no one

has ever died from. Another prime example. The deaths of many others

at the hands of our medical community because most refuse to educate

themselves. This was not by ingestion nor inhalation, it was

injection into the human body, whether it was into the spinal fluid

or the blood what difference would it make.

It just goes to show you can be exposed many different ways.

KC

> >

> > Poor storage facilities led to contaminated syringes

> > Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka

> >

> > By Kumudini Hettiarachchi

> >

> > http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070527/News/nws13.html

> >

> >

> > Inadequate storage facilities may be the " most plausible "

> > explanation for the contamination of syringes which led to the

> death

> > of three young women who contracted meningitis after

administration

> > of spinal anaesthesia for caesarean sections between July 2-25,

> 2005

> > in two main maternity hospitals in Colombo.These were the

> disturbing

> > findings by a high-level team of doctors who probed a meningitis

> > outbreak at the De Soysa and Castle Street Hospitals for Women.

> > According to the findings published in the New England Journal

of

> > Medicine (February 15, 2007), titled `Aspergillus Meningitis in

Sri

> > Lanka - A Post-Tsunami Effect?', an examination of the Health

> > Ministry's central stores of drugs and devices had revealed that

> the

> > three regularly used, renovated warehouses were full of

donations

> > for survivors of the tsunami whereas the regular procurements of

> the

> > ministry were stored in a dusty and humid fourth warehouse with

> > leaks in the roof.

> >

> > " Although the exact source of the contamination remains unclear,

> > inadequate storage facilities, owing to the mass influx of

> > donations, was identified as the most plausible explanation,

given

> > the suboptimal storage conditions during the 6-month period

after

> > the tsunami disaster, " the report said.

> >

> >

> > Immediate incineration of all unused syringes led to the

effective

> > control of the outbreak, with no reports of aspergillus

meningitis

> > in 2006, it reassures.

> >

> > The events which led to the " intensive microbiologic

> investigations "

> > by Dr. Padma S. Gunaratne, Head of the Institute of Neurology,

> > National Hospital, Colombo; Prof. Chandrika N. Wijeyaratne,

> > Professor of Reproductive Health, Medical Faculty, University of

> > Colombo and Prof. Harsha R. Seneviratne, Professor of

Obestetrics

> > and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, University of Colombo are

indeed

> > tragic. (See box for Sunday Times story published on August 14,

> > 2005)

> >

> > Five previously healthy women in the age range 21 to 38, with

the

> > average age being 27 years had received spinal anesthesia from

> > different surgical teams in the two maternity hospitals. They

> > developed symptoms of meningitis and three died.

> >

> > According to the report tests (fungal cultures) on the

> cerebrospinal

> > fluids or postmortem brain specimens from four patients had been

> > positive for Aspergillus fumigatus

> >

> > The investigations which commenced when the possibility of an

> > outbreak was recognized had initially included examination of

> > randomly selected, unopened packages of medical supplies: 679

> > disposable plastic syringes, 159 intravenous and spinal needles,

87

> > cannulae, and 55 ampules of anesthetic agents. Fungal cultures

had

> > confirmed that 43 syringes from three different manufacturers

were

> > contaminated with A. fumigatus.

> >

>