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Mark Pirie

New Glasgow super-hospital probe after another child dies from 'infection'

Glasgow's will be subject to a fresh investigation following the death of a child earlier this week, it has been claimed.

Another young patient passed away after a hospital-acquired infection on Monday night while receiving treatment at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, the Herald on Sunday reports.

The youngster had been moved between various wards before their death and experts gathered to determine the source of the infection on Wedenesday.

The investigation into the tragedy remains on-going.

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital has been hit by scandal since it opened (PA)

Scottish Labour Health Spokesperson Monica Lennon MSP said an urgent update is needed:

“This is tragic news and my thoughts are with the child’s family at this very sad and difficult time. Health Secretary Jeane Freeman must return to Parliament on Tuesday and provide an urgent update.

“The public will rightly question why a child who contracted a hospital-acquired infection has died so soon after NHSGGC insisted the hospital is safe. It must be established if the infection was linked to the water contamination scandal and an independent team should be brought in."

It comes after the Daily Record revealed last month, that the death of 10-year-old Milly Main in 2017 after she had beaten cancer has been linked to an infection caused by contaminated water at the site.

A whistleblower claimed a doctor-led investigation uncovered the infection link and claimed Milly's parents were not told about the findings of the probe.

Three-year-old Mason Djemat passed away in 2017 following issues with the contaminated water supply weeks before Milly passed away in the same ward.

The Daily Record then found that there had been an official probe into “widespread contamination” in the water supply at the QEUH hospitals and found 23 cases of children in two cancer wards acquiring bloodstream infections in 2018.

This focused on the water system and examined infections acquired by patients in the 2A/2B wards, which were closed in October last year.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde told the Herald on Sunday: "We need to take care when discussing individual cases as we are bound by strict rules of patient confidentiality.

"The issue is being appropriately managed and Health protection Scotland has been informed.

"As this involves a single case we have we have no further comment to make."

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