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Hospitals inquiry: Parent told child would be 'safer at another hospital' - BBC News

Hospitals inquiry: Parent told child would be 'safer at another hospital' - BBC News

Hospitals inquiry: Parent told child would be 'safer at another hospital' - BBC News
Sep 27, 2021 1 min, 55 secs

A cancer specialist told the mother of a patient at Glasgow's super hospital that her daughter would be safer at another hospital, an inquiry has heard.

Mrs Kirkpatrick has given evidence to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.

She said she was told the best way to keep her child safe was by moving her.

She said she was moved to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary as it was felt she would be safer there and that she was now "scared" of the Glasgow hospital site and suffers panic attacks because of this.

She said the QEUH campus site constantly smelled of sewage, making her feel more sick.

She said the Yorkhill unit had double doors to "keep it purified" but the new site did not and she was told by a staff member the ventilation was only "30% of what it should be".

It was ordered after patients at the Glasgow hospital died from infections linked to pigeon droppings and the water supply.

Earlier on Monday, Mrs Kirkpatrick told the hearing that her daughter was still suffering with the infection, which she claims doctors said could take up to five years to fight off.

She said an independent case note review panel found that it was very highly probable the infection came from the water supply in the operating theatre in the RHC.

Mrs Kirkpatrick told the inquiry she was aware about water issues in Ward 2A of the RCH, but was told "umpteen times" that other areas of the hospital were safe.

She said: "To find out the hospital has inflicted more pain and could have taken our child's life is devastating.".

In a closing statement, Mrs Kirkpatrick said: "I don't feel safe in the hospital, and I know for a fact that my daughter certainly doesn't feel safe.

"It's not just the infections, I don't even feel the actual building is safe.

I don't feel that the structure of the building is safe.

"I don't feel that the health board has got the kids' best interests, or their care is at the centre of it.".

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