However, officials are refusing to say how many patients were involved, what prompted the checks, or whether anyone became ill.<\/p>\n
The hospital is already at the centre of long-running scandal over contaminated water and ventilation system issues, possibly being linked to a number of patient deaths in the past decade.<\/p>\n
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Earlier this week, Sky News revealed<\/a> that mould and water ingress had been discovered inside ward 4B, the adult bone marrow transplant unit, with several rooms closed.<\/p>\n Bone marrow transplant patients are among the most vulnerable in the NHS.<\/p>\n Their immune systems are heavily suppressed, meaning even common airborne mould can cause life-threatening infections.<\/p>\n The incident, at one of Europe’s largest healthcare facilities, triggered a red alert from the Healthcare Infection Incident Assessment Team (HIIAT), which is the most serious infection control warning used in Scotland’s<\/a> health service.<\/p>\n Sky News understands air scrubbers have been deployed in corridors and regular air sampling is now taking place in the ward – measures normally used during infection risk incidents.<\/p>\n Image: NHS chiefs take days to respond to questions<\/p>\n We contacted NHS Greater Glasgow<\/a> and Clyde for clarity on the crisis on Monday evening and the board responded on Friday evening.<\/p>\n It said it had carried out “clinical investigations into a small number of patients” linked to the situation.<\/p>\n A spokeswoman said: “We have undertaken clinical investigations into a small number of patients all of whom are now discharged and causing no concern.”<\/p>\n Image: But the health board refused to say how many patients were investigated or whether any infections were suspected.<\/p>\n Ten detailed questions were put to the board by Sky News nearly a week ago, including whether patients had been exposed to mould or contaminated water. Almost all of them remain unanswered.<\/p>\n The Scottish government separately confirmed to Sky News that patients had been “identified in relation to this incident” and are now discharged.<\/p>\n Image: ‘It could kill them’<\/p>\n Leading bacteriologist Hugh Pennington previously told us the findings were deeply concerning.<\/p>\n He said: “It is shocking in the sense that water ingress, there shouldn’t be any.<\/p>\n “Mould could potentially infect any of the patients who are in there who are very defective or have zero immune systems, and it could kill them.”<\/p>\n Read more: Image: Mr Pennington said on Monday: “That part of the hospital is not safe.”<\/p>\n The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which opened in 2015, is already the subject of a corporate homicide investigation into deaths potentially linked to its environment.<\/p>\n![\"First](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews-hospital-scotland-nhs_7184645.jpg\")
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