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Teen cancer patient describes having 'terrifying' fits linked to Scots hospital infection

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A young patient diagnosed with a rare cancer has told an inquiry she experienced "frightening" fits that were linked to a hospital-acquired infection.Molly Cuddihy was told she had metastatic Ewing's sarcoma when she was 15 years old.

The now 19-year-old was cared for at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow (RHC) and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow between January 2018 and 2020, where she was fitted with a line for treatment.

Not long into her chemotherapy, Ms Cuddihy said her body went into septic shock - a life-threatening condition that happens when your blood pressure drops to a dangerously low level after an infection.

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