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Sunderland Echo
|February 13, 2026
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).
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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.
This story is from the February 13, 2026 edition of Sunderland Echo.
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