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Halifax - Visitors to a hospital in Nova Scotia have been asked to wear gloves to try to stop the spread of a bacteria that can't be killed with common antibiotics. More patients than usual have the bacteria MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus), said Theresa Hawkesworth, a spokesperson for the South Shore District Health Authority. The increased infection control measures are aimed at visitors to the observation, intensive care and medical surgical unit, according to Hawkesworth. Niagara-On-The Lake, Ont. - Prime Minister Paul Martin and the premiers appear headed for a health-care showdown at a key summit set for September. As the premiers held talks Thursday, Martin said he hopes they reach a unified position on health-care funding, but repeated his stand that federal money comes with conditions. "Our funding is important, but we all want to make sure that ... that funding goes into the areas where it's going to do the most good," said Martin, before heading into a meeting with Florida Governor Jeb Bush. During a break in the premiers' meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said that the prime minister should "give the provinces the flexibility to deal with what they see as priorities" within their own provincial health systems. Klein said he agrees that Ottawa should increase its share of funding health-care costs.
