C diff victim's family speaks out

Nov 19 2009

An emotional MSP has told of the "heartbreaking" experience of the family of one of the patients who died in the latest hospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile.

Labour health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie was clearly moved as she recalled how the relatives of one of the victims from Ninewells Hospital in Dundee had contacted her.

It emerged last week that five people died at the hospital, with the C diff infection killing two patients and contributing to the deaths of three others.