THE deaths of seven patients at a flagship hospital are being investigated by authorities, looking at possible links to the hospital environment there.
The case of Molly Cuddihy, who died last August, has been passed to a specialist hospitals teams in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service which is also looking at the deaths of Andrew Slorance and Tony Dynes.
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The Queen Elizabeth University HospitalCredit: PA
Molly Cuddihy died last August and was treated at both the QEUH and the Royal Hospital for ChildrenCredit: Instagram
Milly Main died at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in 2017 having contracted an infection after being in remission from leukaemiaCredit: PA:Press Association
Ms Cuddihy had been cared for at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children and then at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital between January 2018 and 2020 – with the two hospitals both on part of the same site.
However, she developed septic shock while being treated for a rare cancer and was diagnosed with mycobacterium chelonae, an infection that was later discovered came from the hospital environment.
A COPFS spokesperson said on Saturday: “The Procurator Fiscal has received a report on the death of a 23-year-old woman in Glasgow on August 26 2025.
“This report was made by a doctor, as they must where guidance requires them to do so.
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“The procurator fiscal is examining the circumstances of this death and significant developments will be shared with the family during this process.”
In four earlier cases, including that of Milly Main, who died aged 10 in 2017, a police report has been received and COPFS is considering whether to begin corporate homicide prosecutions.
The three more recent deaths at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus are at an earlier stage of investigation.
A spokesperson for COPFS said: “A thorough and independent investigation into the deaths is ongoing and the families will continue to be kept updated in relation to any significant developments.”
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The QEUH campus, which includes the Royal Hospital for Children, is the focus of a public inquiry looking at whether problems with water and ventilation systems were to blame for infections and patient deaths.
Earlier this month, in its closing submission, NHS Greater and Clyde for the first time admitted that some infections among child cancer patients were “on the balance of probabilities” caused by the hospital environment.
COPFS is conducting a separate investigation into the deaths, which could result in the health board which manages the hospital being prosecuted for corporate homicide or under health and safety laws.
In four cases, including that of Milly Main, two unnamed children a three-year-old and a boy, 10, and 73-year-old Gail Armstrong, who died aged 73, in January 2019, police submitted a “standard prosecution report” last May.
Evidence in the cases involving Mr Slorance, who died aged 49 in December 2020, Mr Dyne, who died aged 63 in May 2021, and Miss Cuddihy is still being gathered and police have not yet submitted a prosecution report.
The health board offered a “sincere and unreserved apology” to the patients and families affected, and stressed that the QEUH and Royal Hospital for Children are safe today.