Tragic tot Sophia's family demand answers 6 years after hospital infection scandal

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A grieving couple whose 11-day-old daughter died after picking up an infection in the Royal Hospital for Children six years ago have “waited too long for answers”.Theresa, 42, and Matthew Smith, 53, from Greenock are not allowed to discuss the death of their baby daughter Sophia for legal reasons.But yesterday their local MSP Paul O’Kane hit out as yet more delays to Scottish Hospital Inquiry means families like the Smiths are still waiting for explanations around the death of their loved ones.O’Kane called the resignation of multiple lawyers from the Scottish Hospital Inquiry as “evidence of real challenges” and said that his constituents “deserve conclusions and the truth”.O’Kane, Labour MSP for West Scotland, said: “One of the very first issues I got the chance to raise at Holyrood was the shocking struggle Matthew and Theresa Smith were going through to get answers about what had happened to their young daughter Sophia, and, incredibly, almost two years on they’re still waiting for those answers.”And today the Record can reveal that a separate criminal investigation led by Police Scotland, which was launched two years ago, is also looking into Sophia’s death.The inquiry is investigating at least four other deaths on the QEUH campus - including that of 10-year-old Milly Main.Milly Main had been in remission from leukaemia when her catheter became infected.An official probe concluded Milly had “probably” died after catching a water-linked infection at the hospital in 2017.But the little girl’s family were unaware of the link until years later when the Daily Record carried a story from a whistleblower about water-linked infections in children in QUEH cancer wards.Little Sophia Smith was just days old when she died