Gail Armstrong, paciente com câncer de 73 anos, morreu de uma infecção fúngica ligada a excrementos de pombos no Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, de acordo com o Scottish Hospitals Inquiry. 73-year-old cancer patient Gail Armstrong died from a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, per the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.

Gail Armstrong, um paciente com câncer de 73 anos de idade, morreu em janeiro de 2019 depois de contrair cryptococcus, uma infecção fúngica ligada a excrementos de pombos, no Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, em Glasgow. Gail Armstrong, a 73-year-old cancer patient, died in January 2019 after contracting cryptococcus, a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings, at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. Sua filha, Sandie, testemunhou no Inquérito aos Hospitais Escoceses, afirmando que sua mãe sofreu muito e que o ambiente do hospital contribuiu para seu declínio. Her daughter, Sandie, testified at the ongoing Scottish Hospitals Inquiry, asserting that her mother suffered greatly and that the hospital's environment contributed to her decline. A investigação, liderada por Lord Brodie, examina várias infecções de pacientes associadas ao abastecimento de água e pombos do hospital. The inquiry, led by Lord Brodie, examines multiple patient infections associated with the hospital's water supply and pigeons.