WATER contamination will be part of the forthcoming public inquiry into Glasgow and Edinburgh’s children’s hospitals, Jeane Freeman has confirmed.
The Health Secretary told MSPs she expected the inquiry to take evidence on the problem, which was recently blamed for at least one child death.
It emerged last week that 10-year-old Milly Main had died at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) after contracting an infection while recovering from leukaemia in August 2017.
Her mother, Kimberly Darroch, said she was sure infected water at the £842m hospital was to blame.
It also emerged at the weekend that police are investigating the death of a three-year-old boy - named by the Daily Record as Mason Djemat - just days later at the Glasgow site.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde board says the water supply was not tested at the time Milly died.
Ms Freeman told Holyrood’s health committee she expected to announce who would lead the public inquiry into QEUH and Edinburgh's sick children's hospital before Christmas.
However she said it was not yet possible to say how long it would take or what it would cost as it would operate independently.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel