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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dan Barker

Sewage stench remained after children’s ward refurbishment, inquiry told

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The stench of sewage remained in a children’s cancer ward even after its multimillion-pound makeover, an inquiry has heard.

Emma Somerville, a senior charge nurse at the Schiehallion unit’s ward 2a at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children, was giving evidence to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry on Wednesday, which is looking into a series of contamination issues at what was billed as a state-of-the-art facility.

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