HEALTH chiefs ignored legal guidelines by failing to report the death of a 10-year-old girl linked to contaminated water to the Crown Office. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has still not contacted the procurator fiscal to report Milly Main's death, despite details emerging about the tragedy's alleged links to an infection from dirty water at the Royal Hospital for Children (RHC).
Milly died on August 31, 2017, having contracted Stenotrophomonas in her line used to administer medicines.
A whistleblower said the bacteria had been in water at the RHC, and a report from 2018 said the same bacteria was associated with more than a dozen water-related infections in children.
Her family were not told at the time that the bacterial infection was linked to contaminated water at the hospital, or that it was a cause of her death.
They only discovered later by looking at Milly's death certificate, following the series of infection scandals which have emerged about the RHC and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH).
Milly's mother Kimberley Darroch said she was "very surprised" that her daughter's death had not been reported to prosecutors after being informed by The Herald on Sunday.
She said: "Nobody explained to us the possible cause of Milly's death at the time.
"It has been incredibly hard reliving the pain of Milly's death in recent weeks, but we are very grateful to the whistleblowers and others who have come forward and would like to thank everyone for their support.
"I believe Milly would still be alive today if hospital managers had listened to all the warnings of infection risk when the building first opened.
"As a family we will consider all options so that we can get answers about Milly's death, and so that no family ha
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