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Dumbarton MSP: "Disaster waiting to happen" as Covid transmission increase in hospitals

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Covid latest: "Small number of deaths" confirmed at Dumbarton hospitalThis comes as official figures reveal a huge spike in the number of people catching Covid while in hospital.The latest stats from Public Health Scotland show there were 61 new confirmed cases of hospital-acquired infections in the week ending October 11, up from only 13 in the previous week.Some 42 of these were in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) health board area which covers West Dunbartonshire.A further 33 cases had been recorded as probable hospital-acquired Covid cases with 16 of these within NHSGGC units.Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie said: “It is a disaster waiting to happen.“This is a worrying development and more proof that the Scottish Government needs.

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