These are the sickening images which reveal the level of filth at Scotland’s under-fire £870m superhospital. The horror pictures show parts of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital caked in pigeon droppings, infestations of insects and rotting cleaning sponges dumped in a water tank.
The campus has been plagued with infections scandals since it opened in 2015 and is at the centre of a huge public inquiry where the scale of dirt and was revealed.Documents published by the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry looking into the QEUH’s construction reveal how: - PEST control experts were called out 623 times between 2015 and 2021 to deal with dead birds, wasps, ants, cockroaches and other pests invading the site - THREE more patients contracted infections from bird droppings but health chiefs dismissed the cases and claimed they’re not linked to the hospital’s pigeon problem - ROTTING sponges and debris were found inside water tanks servicing the hospital and - PRIORITISED environmental credentials over safety when the facility was built.
Anas Sarwar, Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, said: “These images are absolutely revolting and would be shameful anywhere but to see they are of the conditions at Scotland’s flagship hospital is even more damning.
Every revelation about QEUH adds up to a deeply disturbing picture yet the Health Board leadership has continually attempted to frustrate the process to shed light on this scandal.“Patients should be able to enter a hospital knowing they are entering a hygienic environment where they have the best chance of recovery, not somewhere plagued with flies, pigeons and other vermin.”The inquiry, chaired by Lord Philip Brodie, is probing how patients, mainly children with cancer,
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