Scottish health board admits hospital water system linked to fatal infections
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde makes last-minute U-turn in submission to hospitals inquiryScotland’s largest health board has finally admitted that contaminated water at a Glasgow super-hospital caused serious infections in child cancer patients that were linked to four deaths.NHS Greater Glasgow...
<p>NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde makes last-minute U-turn in submission to hospitals inquiry</p><p>Scotland’s largest health board has finally admitted that contaminated water at a Glasgow super-hospital caused serious infections in child cancer patients that were linked to four deaths.</p><p>NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) made the dramatic U-turn in closing submissions to a long-running inquiry that was launched in the wake of deaths linked to infections, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/29/mother-blames-glasgow-hospital-bosses-for-girls-death-after-infection">including that of 10-year-old Milly Main</a>, who died in August 2017 after contracting an infection as she recovered from leukaemia treatment.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/19/glasgow-hospital-contaminated-water-system-fatal-infections-scottish-health-board">Continue reading...</a>
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