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'It cost Molly her life': Is this one of the UK's biggest hospital scandals?
"Molly's life was cut short… because of failings within an institution that was there to protect her." The words of John Cuddihy, whose daughter was diagnosed with cancer aged 15 before contracting an infection possibly linked to contaminated hospital water.
The scandal centres on the near £1bn Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow that opened in 2015, days after a report, which was leaked by whistleblowers, warned of "high risks" with the water supply. Several children died and more than 80 fell ill at the campus, which health bosses admit opened too early.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, the local health board, had always denied any link between the bacteria-related illnesses and the water system. This week the NHS finally conceded some infections were probably linked.
Police and prosecutors in Scotland have named Glasgow's NHS as a suspect in a corporate homicide investigation. Health leaders have in recent days issued a "full and unreserved apology" for the handling of the crisis and the harm caused.
In 2021, Molly Cuddihy told a public inquiry that she was informed her infection was linked to the "environment.
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