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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 Daily Mail)

Byline: RICHARD PRICE

HEALTH chiefs have been forced to pay GBP700 for private treatment after a woman claimed she felt unsafe in an NHS hospital.

Retired teacher Jill Baker had previously been infected with the MRSA superbug when treated for stomach cancer in a health service hospital.

When she discovered a second skin cancer on her leg she refused to go back to St Mary's Hospital in Milton, Hampshire, saying she feared contracting the potentially fatal bug for a second time.

Instead, Mrs Baker, 6 9 , of Waterlooville, was treated privately by a consultant dermatologist.

She claimed the GBP632.50 cost…

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