Calls to Widen C Diff Inquiry After Fatality Rates Revealed Fresh Concerns Over Death Certification

The HeraldJuly 30, 2009

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HEALTH Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to call a major investigation after it was revealed that 28 people died in a Glasgow hospital from the clostridium difficile superbug.

The call was made after The Herald revealed yesterday that there were 18 deaths directly attributed to C diff at Gartnavel General Hospital in 2008 and that a further 10 died from the infection the year before.

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Calls to Widen C Diff Inquiry After Fatality Rates Revealed Fresh Concerns Over Death Certification

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde moved to defend concerns over death certification after Maryhill Labour MSP Patricia Ferguson also ...

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