Summary
A hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, faced scrutiny for a water system that may have caused infections in cancer patients. Molly Cuddihy, who died in 2022, was one of the patients potentially affected by these infections. Her father, John Cuddihy, claims that the hospital was warned for years about the water issues, and a public inquiry is investigating the matter.
Key Facts
- Molly Cuddihy, a patient at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, died in August 2022.
- Investigations suggest that the hospital's water system might have caused infections.
- The hospital's health board has now acknowledged a possible connection between the water system and patient infections.
- A public inquiry is examining the hospital's planning, design, and construction due to concerns about infections.
- Four patient deaths, including that of a young child, Milly Main, are part of an inquiry and a corporate homicide investigation.
- Molly Cuddihy's father stated that concerns about the water were first raised in 2018 when Molly got sick.
- Molly had been diagnosed with cancer as a teenager and later experienced severe infections and liver damage.
- NHSGGC, the health board, is supporting the inquiry, while the Scottish government has not commented.
