tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post3696437584728949752..comments2024-03-07T22:45:54.309+04:00Comments on Muscat Confidential: Avoid Royal Hospital - reports of drug resistant bug outbreakUndercover Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10577931944980469254noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-28562383483426081732008-08-09T09:13:00.000+04:002008-08-09T09:13:00.000+04:00The real problem is this tendency for the authorit...The real problem is this tendency for the authorities to deny any problem, and as a result, people don't believe them. <BR/><BR/>In this case, again (see next post) we see the spin that everything is OK. When, actually, there IS a real issue, and the rumors of an outbreak of Acinetobacter at Royal ICU were apparently true.<BR/><BR/>A far better approach would be for the authorities to use this as an opportunity to actually tell people the truth, what the risks are, what they are doing about it, and what people themselves can do to help deal with this growing world wide problem.<BR/><BR/>Instead we get the usual and patronising 'all is perfect and normal' (and only because the rumors reached fever pitch it seems), which makes one worry that a similar culture of ignoring the problem may be in the hospital too....Undercover Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577931944980469254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-70184520487895941112008-08-08T11:11:00.000+04:002008-08-08T11:11:00.000+04:00forgot the "not"not only royal hospital ..forgot the "not"<BR/>not only royal hospital ..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-84177311768902506982008-08-08T11:09:00.000+04:002008-08-08T11:09:00.000+04:00I am going to fuel this "rumour" even more .. appa...I am going to fuel this "rumour" even more .. <BR/><BR/>apparently, its just Royal Hospital. Other hospitals also have this thing. <BR/><BR/>Again, i dont how true this info is ... but usually there is no smoke without a fire ..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-34654224023574166122008-08-06T23:27:00.000+04:002008-08-06T23:27:00.000+04:00*Urgh, tried to reply to this post two times earli...*Urgh, tried to reply to this post two times earlier today but had problems with the Internat and/or Blogger*.<BR/><BR/>ANYWAY, just wanted to say that the Omani Arabic newspaper Al Shabeeba got a response from a source in Royal Hospital a couple of days ago who said that this was just a rumour. Link to article can be found <A HREF="http://www.shabiba.com/innerpage.asp?detail=9055" REL="nofollow">here</A>, but you'll need to use Google Translate to read it in English.<BR/><BR/>Some people posting on Arabic Omani forums are saying that this is Acinetobacter.Blue Chihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07449573689529063537noreply@blogger.com