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Stop putting lives of patients at risk at Scotland's flagship hospital

Scotland's flagship hospital is already mired in controversy over the safety of patients but now staff shortages are putting even more people at risk.

The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry is still taking evidence on the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to determine how the adequacy of ventilation and water contamination impacted on patient care and if deaths could have been prevented.

But now Healthcare Improvement Scotland has shown there are other immediate risks to patient health because there are not enough nurses.

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