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Someone must be held accountable for child deaths linked to contaminated water, Sarwar says

SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar said today that someone must be held accountable for child deaths linked to contaminated water at a super hospital in Glasgow. 

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was asked about the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) scandal during First Minister’s Questions.

Two children died at the facility with a waterbourne infection. One family learned about the probable cause of death from a newspaper, while Mr Sarwar warned that the relatives of the other child have “almost certainly” not been found.

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