My baby boy never left that hospital. I must get answers for him

Devastated mum of tragic tot demands public inquiry

- BY HANNAH RODGER

A GRIEVING mum who lost her baby son at a scandal-hit hospital has called for a wider probe into the troubled site.

Carolanne Baxter wants the neonatal unit at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children to be included in the ongoing Scottish Hospitals Inquiry looking into the problems at the facility and adjoining Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH).

Since she first learned about the wider concerns about the QEUH campus, she has been plagued with doubt about the circumstances of her son William's deterioration and death.

We revealed last week that more than £78million has been spent investigating and repairing the QUEH since it opened a decade ago, including £10million being spent to fix ventilation in a child cancer ward, £6million for tap filters and £880,000 for water and air testing.

Now, the 42-year-old mum of three from Glasgow, who lost William in 2019, has told for the first time of her heartbreaking experience.

Carolanne said: "I have to do this for my son because I have to get answers for him. The inquiry always looks at the child cancer wards but I was in the neonatal intensive care unit with William and things weren't right there either.

"We were told not to drink tap water, only bottled water. If there were no issues with the water supply, then why was that?"

William was born premature at 28 weeks and five days old on January 29, 2019.

He never left the hospital and died there on July 18 that year.