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Seven deaths now probed for potential links to Glasgow hospital infections
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is probing seven deaths linked to hospital-acquired infections, with corporate homicide prosecutions possible, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said.
- COPFS is investigating seven deaths for potential links to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus and has notified NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, passing Molly Cuddihy's case to specialist teams.
- Earlier this month, a public inquiry is examining whether water and ventilation problems at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital caused infections and patient deaths, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde admitted this month that some child cancer infections were 'on the balance of probabilities' caused by the hospital environment.
- Detailed cases include Molly Cuddihy, patient , who died last year after a mycobacterium chelonae infection, and two unnamed children with cryptococcus listed as a contributory factor.
- Police submitted a standard prosecution report last May in four cases, and COPFS is considering corporate homicide prosecutions with potential unlimited fines or remedial orders.
- With three more recent deaths at QEUH at an earlier stage, prosecutors must prove senior management's gross breach to secure conviction.
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