What happened in Glasgow?

Police Scotland has launched an investigation into the deaths of six patients, including adults and children, believed to have contracted fatal infections linked to treatment at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH).

- This article, written by Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster, originally appeared in The Conversation.

The probe marks a significant escalation in long-running concerns about hospital-acquired infections at the flagship site, which opened in 2015 and is one of the largest acute hospitals in Europe.

For several years, families and campaigners have raised questions about whether environmental factors within the building may have contributed to serious infections in vulnerable patients. Particular attention has focused on the hospital's water system, ventilation and broader infection-control safeguards.