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NHS board named in Glasgow hospital corporate homicide probe

Scotland's largest health board has been named as a suspect in a corporate homicide investigation following the deaths of four patients at a Glasgow hospital campus.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) informed families of the development via a closed Facebook group set up during a water contamination crisis.

The board confirmed it had received an update from the Crown Office. But it added there was no indication prosecutors had "formed a final view".

Police Scotland launched a criminal investigation in 2021 into a number of deaths at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus, including that of 10-year-old Milly Main.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) instructed officers to investigate the deaths of Milly, two other children and 73-year-old Gail Armstrong.

Milly's mother previously told a separate public inquiry into the building of several Scottish hospitals that her child's death was "murder".

A review earlier found an infection which contributed to Milly's death was probably caused by the QEUH environment.

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Source: BBC News, 13 November 2023

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