Fatal accident inquiry begins into death of baby girl

Sophia Smith was only 11 days old when she died at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.

Sophia Smith was just 11 days old when she died at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow in 2017.

She had contracted a toxic strain of the MRSA bug.

A Fatal Accident Inquiry into her death began on Monday. Her parents say they felt “stonewalled” by the health board following their daughter’s death.

They said: “We hope that by the end of this process, we will know the truth about why our daughter’s life was so tragically and heartbreakingly short.”

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