Ministry to release report on infections picked up at hospitals
Between 4,000 and 6,000 patients die each year from contamination at hospitals.
An amputee patient with MRSA (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is pictured during surgery to clean his wound, in the operating theatre of the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (UKB) hospital in Berlin February 29, 2008(photo credit: REUTERS)ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH