India : Intra-hospital committee to look into NDM-1 bug issue, says Apollo chief

Via The Hindu, excerpt :

" Apollo Hospitals Chairman Prathap C. Reddy has said that an intra-hospital committee will be going into the issue of the NDM-1 bug and will submit a report to the medical director soon.

Speaking to media persons on Friday, Dr. Reddy said, “We are not sleeping over the issue. Specialists are at it already.” He said this in response to a question from journalists about the involvement of microbiologists from two Apollo Hospitals - Hospital, Kolkata, and Apollo Hospitals, Chennai – as co-authors in the Lancet study.

He went on to add that the hospital continues to monitor MRSA infections and share this information with partners and collaborating institutions. The data is part of Apollo's Clinical Excellence parameters. “But we have never faced what we are talking about now,” Dr. Reddy stated."