The probe will examine safety and wellbeing issues at hospitals in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Last year it emerged that two patients at the Glasgow hospital died from infections linked to pigeon droppings.after she contracted an infection and died at the hospital.
It was in direct response to families that the health secretary commissioned this public inquiry but will it answer the fundamental question they have - did a hospital that should keep the most vulnerable patients safe, actually make them more sick? Reports show the water system was a risk before the hospital even opened, while the ventilation system was found to be inadequate.The red sandstone building at Sciennes is over 150 years old and working way beyond capacity.
Lord Brodie and his team have the task of finding out what went wrong and what impact it has had on patient safety, but the scale of this inquiry is so great the question really is: will answers come quickly enough?
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