Hospitals reported 52 child cases of MRSA to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) last year. This suggests that at least one child catches the deadly MRSA superbug every week in Britain’s hospitals and a horrifying Sun survey suggests the nationwide toll could be even higher.
A Department of Health spokesman said: “Figures suggest just one child under the age of one has died each year. But it’s still too many. We’re funding specialist research”.