Clean thyself

I was recently in my local hospital and noticed that a porter who had been using the toilet leave without washing his hands.I was appalled. It beggars belief.

What is the point of hospitals having notices all over the place demanding visitors wash their hands, and bacterial hand washes outside wards, when their own staff can’t be bothered to carry out basic hygiene?

No wonder hospital infection rates are sky-high.

Instead of wasting public money campaigning for members of the public to wash their hands, perhaps education needs to start internally.

Hygiene begins at home.

Gordon Kennedy

Simpson Square

Perth