A 23-year-old woman has died seven years after she became seriously ill with a hospital acquired infection as a teenager.

Prosecutors are probing the death of Molly Cuddihy, who passed away on Tuesday in the high dependency unit of Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, the BBC has reported. Molly was being treated for a rare cancer at the hospital between January 2018 and 2020 when she developed septic shock, an experience she described while giving evidence to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry. It is understood that her death this week was reported to prosecutors by a doctor.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has expressed its "deepest condolences" to Ms Cuddihy's family. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said her death is being investigated. A COPFS spokesm

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