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Campaigner fears repeat of Scottish C.Diff outbreak failures in fight against coronavirus
19.05.2020 - 06:41 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A campaigner who fought for families caught up in a lethal bug outbreak at a Scottish hospital fears lessons have not been learned for today’s coronavirus crisis.
Michelle McGinty, who lost her mother-in-law Sarah to Clostridium difficile (C.diff) at Dunbartonshire’s Vale of Leven, said there are “astounding” similarities 12 years on.
A shocking 34 hospital patients died in the outbreak, which first struck in December 2007.
A probe finally led to an apology in 2014 after Lord MacLean issued 75
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