Nsw Health Minister John Della Bosca has been forced to apologise to a Bowral man, who had to have his leg amputated, after contracting a super-bug.Gregor Gniewosz was diagnosed with potentially-deadly MRSA after undergoing treatment for an ulcer in Liverpool hospital in 2007.
It took months to diagnose, forcing doctors at Prince of Wales hospital to amputate the 31-year-old's leg below the knee.
"Because I'd been walking on my foot I'd crushed my heel bone into many, many pieces," said Mr Gniewosz, who was born with spina bifida.
"To stop the infection running through the rest of my body, they had to chop my leg off.
"There was a lot of sleepless nights, thinking: `I'm going to lose my leg, how am I going to deal with this?' because your whole life changes."
Mr Gniewosz is yet to receive any assistance from NSW Health and is still waiting for an artificial leg or to have his house modified to help him with his new situation.
He is restricted to a wheelchair borrowed from a hospital and which doesn't fit through his front door, leaving him to get around his home in an office chair.
He's today sought an apology from the Government, asking for help to find a new wheelchair and a prosthetic limb.
Mr Della Bosca said a wheelchair and artificial leg had been ordered for Mr Gniewosz and work would be done to modify his house.
"I'd like to say that I'm sorry this happened to Gregor and his mother," Mr Della Bosca told reporters.
"I'll be contacting him myself tomorrow to make sure he's satisfied with the level of support that's been offered."
Mr Della Bosca said he believed wide ranging reforms to public hospitals in response to the review by Peter Garling SC would help tackle issues of infections in hospitals.
NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell said Mr Gniewosz's case highlighted Labor's incompetence in health care in "the most devastating way".
credited to livenews.com.au
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