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Health secretary repeatedly asked if scandal-hit super hospital is 'safe'
Scotland's health secretary has assured MSPs that he has "no doubt" the scandal-hit Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is "safe" after being repeatedly questioned during a Holyrood debate.
It comes as the super hospital remains under intense scrutiny amid long-running infection concerns as the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry continues. In closing submissions earlier in January, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) admitted, on the balance of probabilities, that there was a "causal connection between some infections suffered by patients and the hospital environment, in particular the water system".
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar tabled a motion in an attempt to have inquiry chairman Lord Brodie consider the political decision-making of the SNP government in the commissioning, construction and opening of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH). The motion also calls for the immediate full disclosure and preservation of key records held by Scottish government in connection with the hospital's contaminated water, ventilation system, the "premature opening" of the facility, and subsequent communications relating to the handling of infection.
The motion will be voted on later on Wednesday, and looks set to be passed. Opening the debate, Mr Sarwar paid tribute to the three "inspiring and courageous" whistleblowers - Dr Teresa Inkster, Dr Penelope Redding and Dr Christine Peters.
He also praised the courage of the families who "refused to stay silent.
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