For years, tens of thousands of people die in our country called. Nosocomial infections. Approximately 40,000 deaths per year are there. However, this is the media not worth mentioning - it can not send a new virus or bacterium names are connected and is almost completely silenced.
The "world": "Hospital infections not only cause a lot of suffering, but are also a significant cost factor." (Klaus-Dieter Zastrow of the German Society for Hospital Hygiene ). One could also say it. (more ...)