Doctors at a Glasgow hospital say they were told ‘not to speak up’ at meetings on infectious bacteria. The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry is investigating the design, construction and maintenance of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus in the city, including looking at issues with ventilation and water contamination. It comes in the wake of deaths linked to infections.
READ NEXT: Popular Glasgow pub which has been in city since 1899 put up for sale On Tuesday, Dr Teresa Inkster, consultant microbiologist, gave evidence at the inquiry. Dr Inkster says she had a number of concerns surrounding the water supply and other areas where harmful bacteria had colonised. (Image: Image of QEUH) Drawing from her witness statement, Senior counsel to the inquiry Fred Mackintosh KC said she initially did not attend acute infection control committee (AICC) meetings, though she later did but was advised not to raise grievances.
Mr Mackintosh said: “You’re discussing here that you didn’t attend or non-attendance at AICCs, then the fact that you attended, and you were told to attend, but not to speak. “And then you discuss senior management team (SMT) meetings. “Now, this may be my fault, but my impression gained looking at the minutes of the AICC and the incident management team (IMT), infection prevention control (IPC) management team, is they don’t seem to contain a lot of content about the various incidents this inquiry is investigating.
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