Stuart Mather contracted MRSA within hours of being born

Stuart Mather developed an abscess on his spine after contracting the infection at Dundee's Ninewells hospital in 2004.

His mother told BBC Radio Scotland's Morning Extra programme of her family's "horrendous" ordeal.

Samantha Wyness also questioned hygiene standards of medical staff.

Baby Stuart was diagnosed with the superbug when he was seven days old and needed after-surgery to drain the sore on his back.

His mother said: "He started the abscess on day eight of his life and we went up to the local infirmary.

"They sent us up to Ninewells and they treated us like we were bringing a disease into the hospital.

When I was in giving birth, my partner noticed there was blood on the floor and the room we were in was very dirty. Samantha Wyness

"We were put into a ward and there was absolutely nothing, no facilities for us. They never spoke to us and we were there for four days.

"Nothing was done to clear up the MRSA whatsoever. It was just a case of making sure his abscess didn't get any worse.

"After the operation, it started to get worse in the hospital, but then we managed to get home and he was on a very strong course of antibiotics.

"When we got home he got a lot better, a lot quicker, but in the hospital he was actually starting to deteriorate again.

"It was absolutely horrendous and there was no apology, nobody to blame, there was nothing you could do."

Ms Wyness also criticised cleanliness in the hospital.

She said: "When I was in giving birth, my partner noticed there was blood on the floor and the room we were in was very dirty.

"When we went back into the hospital with Stuart when he was not well, the cleaner used a capful of fairy liquid to wash the floor of the room that we were in."

Ms Wyness claimed hospital staff did not wash their hands

Ms Wyness also claimed health service workers did not follow proper hygiene procedures at the time of her baby's operation.

She said: "In the four days we were there, there was only one doctor who cleaned his hands the way it should be done and there were a lot of people in and out the room.

"The first night we were in, the nurses never washed their hands before they went to touch him.

"I would rather not go into hospital ever. There's been the odd occasion where Stuart has just had child ailments and we were told we might have to go to Ninewells and the thought of that was just sheer dread.

"I would rather go to my local hospital or Aberdeen hospital just to get away from Ninewells."