A little girl with one of the world’s rarest genetic conditions was misdiagnosed with cancer and suffered from a catalogue of failings at a troubled hospital.
Emily McDowall’s family believe if she had been treated properly at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus she would have put up a better fight against Pearson Syndrome.
Emily died from an infection in October 2021 – aged just five – and her family are now fighting for answers over her treatment at the £842million Glasgow site. She was one of fewer than 100 people in the world with the condition which affects the bone marrow, blood cells and pancreas.
