A health board has referred the death of 10-year-old Milly Main at Glasgow’s super-hospital to prosecutors.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) made the decision nearly three years after Milly died after picking up an infection at the Royal Hospital for Children.
It is part of the £842million Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus, which has been dogged by safety controversies since it opened in 2015.
A report last year concluded there had been “widespread contamination” in its water supply.
It found 23 children had contracted bloodstream infections in the cancer wards between January and September 2018.
A clinician-led team then discovered up to 26 cases of potential water-related infections in children in 2017.
The probe said that one of the children, who later turned out to be Milly, died after contracting an infection. She was in remission from leukaemia at the time.
Her mum Kimberly Darroch believes the infection was caused by water at the hospital and the Daily Record can reveal that NHSGGC has now referred Milly’s death to the Procurator Fiscal.
It’s normal procedure in Scotland for a referral to be made to the fiscal when a death is sudden, unexplained or suspicious.
Options then available include ordering a fatal accident inquiry or launching criminal proceedings.
Labour MSP Anas Sarwar said last night: “I’ll not stop until there’s justice for Milly’s parents and they receive the answers they deserve.
“The board has lost the trust of parents, patients and the public. Those in charge must go – allowing a truly independent investigation so the truth comes out and something like this can never happen again.”
The board was heavily criticised in December after it emerged a referral had not been made.
Kimberly last year accused NHSGGC of a cover-up and said: “I want an apology. I want them to admit what they have done is wrong.”
She has also written to James Wolffe, the Lord Advocate, calling for a fatal accident inquiry.
Sarwar said: “The way her family has been treated is disgraceful. At all times, the health board’s priority has been about saving its own skin.”
A spokesman for NHSGGC said: “We sought advice from the Procurator Fiscal. Following this advice it was deemed appropriate to refer Milly’s case to the Procurator Fiscal, which we have now done.”
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said a report had been received from NHSGGC.
