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Lucinda Cameron

Family caused ‘indescribable distress’ by health board’s admission, inquiry told

Molly Cuddihy died at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital last year, having been treated since 2018 (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

A health board’s change in position on the possible cause of infections at a flagship hospital has caused “indescribable distress” to the family of a patient who died, an inquiry has heard.

The grief of Molly Cuddihy’s parents was “further exacerbated” by the fact she died at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow before she could hear about the change in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s (NHSGGC) position, the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry was told.

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