Let’s start with a fact:
‘We have fully tested the water supply and ward surfaces in Ward 6A and also reviewed individual infections and found no links between individual infections and no source of infections in the ward.’
Jane Grant, Chief Executive, NHSGGC, 1 December 2019
BBC Reporting Scotland have returned to this tragic case to further milk it morbidly after spending ten days on it in December. Accompanied with heart-breaking exploitative footage, once more, we hear:
‘Health Board bosses in Glasgow have referred the death of 10 year-old Milly Main to prosecutors. The move came after her family wrote to the Lord Advocate to call for a fatal accident inquiry following revelations about infections linked to the water supply at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.’
To be clear, only those unqualified to do so, the parents, Anas Sarwar and some journalists, have ‘linked’ any infections to any water supply. The link is journalistic, not scientific and, more worryingly for patient and staff morale, it’s wrong. There is no meaningful link. The referral to the prosecutors is because there is no scientific link and, so, still being accused by the unqualified, it has no choice but to pass it on.
The fuller website report uses the word ‘link’ eight times, only once to recognise the Health Board’s rebuttal. Seven times the inaccurate suggestion of a link is repeated.
Sickeningly and astonishingly brass-necked, Anas Sarwar, accuses the Health Board of cynicism. You have to laugh if you manage to keep your stomach down.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-51542270
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-51529077
When is Matt Hancock MP health secretary going to resign.
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As the Lord Advocate is ostensibly the UK ‘s Chief legal advisor in Scotland I’m sure by referring the matter to him the NHSGGC will want to ensure this tragic case is kept firmly in the public domain for weeks yet. Pathetic really and very sad for those families involved.
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Hi Gerry – Is the Lord Advocate still (even ostensibly) the Westminster Chief Legal Advisor re. Scotland these days? – I’m under the impression the Westminster Govt appoint someone known as the Advocate General for Scotland (currently a bloke called Lord Keen – or Keene, maybe – a tory appointee). My understanding would be that the Lord Advocate is the principal Law Officer for the Scottish Govt – and the Scottish Govt alone. (But I have zero specialist knowledge in these matters). Doubtless a reader will enlighten us all.
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I keep getting advocates and Keens mixed up, so this is a prime opportunity to quickly look it up and get it straight in my mind:
Lord Advocate is for the Scottish government and is currently James Wolffe QC
Advocate General in Scotland is for the uk gov’t and is currently Lord Keen of Elie.
And Keene,,, I know I’ve mixed him up with Keen, but I didn’t look him up there.
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This is shaping up to be a world-class, textbook example of how foul and heartless the pursuit of political ambition can be – and how much of a team effort can be deployed by politicians and media in achieving their mean. sordid ends.
Nauseating !
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