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| An independent inquiry is to be held at a hospital where eight patients died from the bug Clostridium difficile, the Scottish Government has announced. | An independent inquiry is to be held at a hospital where eight patients died from the bug Clostridium difficile, the Scottish Government has announced. |
| Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said she was "deeply concerned" more than 50 cases at Vale of Leven Hospital only came to light retrospectively. | Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said she was "deeply concerned" more than 50 cases at Vale of Leven Hospital only came to light retrospectively. |
| She said the NHS board running the Dunbartonshire hospital was already taking action. | She said the NHS board running the Dunbartonshire hospital was already taking action. |
| Ms Sturgeon told MSPs the issue raised serious cause for concern. | Ms Sturgeon told MSPs the issue raised serious cause for concern. |
| The retrospective investigation by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde found 54 cases of C.diff between December 2007 and June this year. | The retrospective investigation by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde found 54 cases of C.diff between December 2007 and June this year. |
| Eight patients died as a direct result and the infection was a contributory factor in a further nine deaths. | Eight patients died as a direct result and the infection was a contributory factor in a further nine deaths. |
| Speaking in Holyrood, Ms Sturgeon said infection control experts found a lack of hand hygiene basins at the Vale of Leven's toilets and that many commodes were not fit for use. | Speaking in Holyrood, Ms Sturgeon said infection control experts found a lack of hand hygiene basins at the Vale of Leven's toilets and that many commodes were not fit for use. |
| Gloves and aprons were not readily available and bed spacing fell short of health and safety recommendations, she added. | |
| "The reports that I have recovered from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde raise serious cause for concern," Ms Sturgeon said. | "The reports that I have recovered from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde raise serious cause for concern," Ms Sturgeon said. |
| "They suggest that the surveillance systems in place at the hospital were inadequate and did not alert the board to the number and pattern of cases." | "They suggest that the surveillance systems in place at the hospital were inadequate and did not alert the board to the number and pattern of cases." |