Dear Editor
It is good news indeed that an all-out cleanup has stopped the contagion of C. difficile at Burnaby Hospital. It is not good news that I have to be concerned that the housekeeping staff might be responsible for my demise should I need to visit the facility.
When I attend such a facility, I usually need help, expert and sometimes urgent help. My usual good health is somehow in need of repair. Until now, I thought the basic cleanliness, the floors, the walls, the linen, the furnishings was being taken monitored and looked after. My concerns always were focused on the excellent care my family and I have always experienced at Burnaby Hospital. Now, it seems my refuge and source of wellbeing has itself become a danger. How can it be that the medical staff must blow a whistle to express concern about mortalities? There surely must be a system to assess the cleaning in the building. Will the sudden short burst of cleaning be continued or renewed? Have steps been taken to avoid returning to a time of peril?
Mark Proctor, Burnaby
