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15.01.2022 - 08:06 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The family of an inspirational nurse who died from organ failure are fighting for answers over his death.
Alex Duncan had toxic levels of a heavy metal found in his body when examined by a pathologist.
But an investigation failed to establish how the 26-year-old became exposed to cadmium - a substance used to make batteries.
Now Alex’s loved ones have demanded a fresh inquiry to establish how he came into contact with the material.
Alex - who worked at Dunfermline’s Queen Margaret Hospital - was found to have 270 units of cadmium in his blood.
The normal level should be below three, medics say.
Mum Chris and dad Ian Duncan told how they waited 14 months for results of a probe by Public Health Scotland, NHS Fife and the Crown Office.
But they have been left frustrated after tests failed to find the source of Alex’s exposure.
They believe that the likely place was at his work due to his reduced movements during the pandemic.
Chris, 66, a retired dentist, said: “He fought hard. He didn’t want to die. He was fit. But Alex’s symptoms were unique, they just couldn’t pin it down.
“I think it was the Thursday before he died when the hospital heard back from a professor in London who asked if they had checked for heavy metals.
“But it was too late by then. When I saw him that day, I knew something had changed because he was getting agitated and angry which wasn’t like him.
“They realised it was being caused by a form of septicemia from bacteria which sparked a mad panic to change all his medical lines in case that’s where it was coming from.
She added: “The consultant spoke to Ian and I and asked would we consider a post mortem on medical grounds because they were so perplexed.
“We said absolutely because he would’ve hated for any one
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