http://www.smh.com.au/sport/swimming/ian-thorpe-in-intensive-care-20140408-zqse4.html
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Very sad news. Prayers for he and his family. Hoping for a good outcome, even if his swimming days are over.
Mark
I guess no love for the awesome swimmers. I imagine if this happened to some former TdF biker there would be 10x the number of replies. Too bad for Thorpey.
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Sad news. I hope he recovers soon.
It’s pretty sad. Seems questionable in terms of the hospital.
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Why do you say “questionable about the hospital?”
Do you happen to know their infection rates vs. other hospitals, country, average, etc? As iron_mike has pointed out, iatrogenic infections are way too common, and very scary. Any time someone has surgery and does not get an infection, they should consider themselves lucky. Why does it take this happening to a famous person to bring it to attention? Every day thousands of patients are battling MRSA, VRE and other nasty infections they got in the hospital and nobody gives a f**k (well, the infection control nurses and the CDC, maybe).
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Why do you say “questionable about the hospital?”
Do you happen to know their infection rates vs. other hospitals, country, average, etc? As iron_mike has pointed out, iatrogenic infections are way too common, and very scary. Any time someone has surgery and does not get an infection, they should consider themselves lucky. Why does it take this happening to a famous person to bring it to attention? Every day thousands of patients are battling MRSA, VRE and other nasty infections they got in the hospital and nobody gives a f**k (well, the infection control nurses and the CDC, maybe).
What’s scary about Ian is he’s a young person. I understand ANYONE can get MRSA/VRE but most are older adults with other medical issues.
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Fair point. When I lived in England there were lots of scandals about MSRA and insufficient measures taken, but I didn’t read about this particular hospital. I hope he makes as full of a recovery as possible.
Why do you say “questionable about the hospital?”
Do you happen to know their infection rates vs. other hospitals, country, average, etc? As iron_mike has pointed out, iatrogenic infections are way too common, and very scary. Any time someone has surgery and does not get an infection, they should consider themselves lucky. Why does it take this happening to a famous person to bring it to attention? Every day thousands of patients are battling MRSA, VRE and other nasty infections they got in the hospital and nobody gives a f**k (well, the infection control nurses and the CDC, maybe).
Sad news, have always been a fan of his. He’s had a tough go of it lately, here’s hoping the best for him.
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MRSA/VRE are definitely not confined to elderly patients…
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I’ve had MRSA and was one very sick puppy for about two weeks in 2011. I had traveled to Mexico, but suspect I got it on the plane. But, those buggers don’t come with “passports”, so no telling. After getting out of the hospital I was put on IV bags of antibiotics twice a week. It took me nearly 3 months to fully get back to normal.
Lots of luck to the Thorpedo, but modern medicine will make him well, I’m sure.
-Robert
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From what I know (have some quite close connections) there are a lot of half-truths in the media reports around this unfortunate incident for Thorpe. I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure that he’s been in Australia the whole time (not Switzerland) and has had several recent surgeries, the first two of which were not done well. The infection story may be valid but its the poor surgery and subsequent revisions which have been his main problem according to my sources.
Whatever the actual case, its a miserable episode for an inspirational swimmer (and person) and I hope he’s on the mend soon. Still one of my heroes and I try to emulate his style everytime I swim.
hate to hear it, always liked watching him swim.