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| October 16, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From The Express)

Byline: Michael Day Health Editor

HEALTH chiefs have been forced to pay out for private surgery after being billed by a woman who claimed she felt unsafe in an NHS hospital.

Retired teacher Jill Baker, 69, said she had to go private because she had previously been infected with a drug-resistant superbug when treated at St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, for stomach cancer.

Her ordeal was made worse because a doctor had written "Do not resuscitate" on her notes as she fought for her life against the MRSA bacteria. "They did that because they thought I wasn't worth treating, " she said.

When she discovered a second…

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