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Proposed Law

PATIENTS' RIGHTS ADVOCATE Carrie Simon of West Hartford listens Wednesday as Attorney General Richard Blumenthal provides details about a proposed law that, among other things, would require hospitals in the state to screen for the drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA and to submit reports to the state Department of Public Health on the number of patients who screen positive and the number of patients who develop the infection during hospital stays. In the background is a photo of Simon at the Legislative Office Building. (RICK HARTFORD / January 30, 2008)


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