Probably not. It sounds to me like the usual response we get in the UK these days ... just bung a bit (well, more than a bit, actually) of money, plus a load of "technology", at whatever problem happens to come along. Need I go on ... ?
But OK. 30% more critical patients should equal 30% more kit. Is that what this is?
Meanwhile, what about
necrotising fasciitis ... what's being done about that? It's
far more deadly than so-called "Swine 'Flu".
Answer:- clean hospitals would be a good place to start. And the sort of money you mention, John, would allow a few more cleaners to be employed, I would have thought!
