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Glasgow health board considering legal action
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has instructed legal action against a contractor involved in the construction of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
Brookfield Multiplex was responsible for the design and construction of the £575 million Glasgow complex, but the hospital has been riddled with issues since it opened in 2015, with trouble-shooters sent to the hospital to help improve A&E waiting times within a few months of opening.
In November 2015, a baby died in a maternity unit linked to the new Royal Hospital for Children after becoming infected with harmful bacteria, and in the same month an investigation was launched after an elderly man died on a trolley following a six-hour wait for treatment. In 2017, patient equipment contaminated by blood and faeces was found during an inspection, whilst at the start of last year NHSGGC confirmed taxpayers will foot the £6 million bill for replacing cladding panels on the two new hospitals.
There has also been noticeable problems with the water supply, following a bacteria scare, and the death of two patients after contracting a fungal infection caused by pigeon droppings.
Now, lawyers have been instructed to raise court proceedings against the contractor ‘as a matter of urgency’, at the same time as a public inquiry is expected to look at how the design, handover and maintenance contributed to ineffective infection control at the QEUH complex.
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