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Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster

Why ‘superbugs’ thrive in hospitals

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Police Scotland has launched an investigation into the deaths of six patients, including adults and children, believed to have contracted fatal infections at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

The inquiry follows a long-running controversy over hospital-acquired infections at the site, with concerns raised by families and clinicians about water contamination, ventilation systems and wider environmental safety within the hospital.

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