A mum whose daughter at a flagship hospital has demanded the health board stop “bullying and intimidating” the whistleblower who exposed the scandal.
Kimberly Darroch believes her daughter Milly Main, 10, caught a lethal dirty water bug when in remission from cancer at
The £842million site, which includes the Royal Hospital for Children, is in crisis over a series of patient safety scandals.
Grieving Kimberly, from Lanark, only discovered the truth when Labour MSP Anas Sarwar revealed in the Scottish Parliament that a whistleblower had approached him with details of the case.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has
A spokesman for the board said it was “extremely disappointing” a
But Kimberly, 35, told the Sunday Mail: “I want to thank the whistleblower for coming forward and hope to meet them face-to-face one day to say thank you in person.
“The bullying and intimidation from the health board has to stop and they need to show genuine remorse rather than the insulting statements they have been putting out.”
A report earlier this year found 23 children with cancer had acquired infections linked to the water supply in two RHC wards in 2018.
The bacterium stenotrophomonas, which was cited as Milly’s cause of death, was linked to 12 of the cases.
But the whistleblower has said an internal inquiry focusing on 2017 found another 26 cases.
Sarwar, Labour MSP for Glasgow, wants NHSGGC’s handling of hospital infection issues
He said staff should be able to “speak out in confidence they will not lose their jobs”.
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said she learned of the case in September but did not make details public because of patient confidentiality.
The Scottish Conservatives said she should resign or be sacked.
