Mito Kaur, 63, (pictured) picked up the mucor bacteria while being treated for flu-like symptoms at the £1billion Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow
A grandmother is fighting for her life after contracting a fungal lung infection at a Scots hospital where two other patients died during bacterial outbreaks linked to pigeon droppings.
Mito Kaur, 63, picked up the mucor bacteria while being treated for flu-like symptoms at the £1billion Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
The disclosure comes only weeks after it was revealed an unnamed ten-year-old boy and a 73-year-old woman died at the same hospital after contracting the cryptococcus infection, linked to pigeons nesting in the building's roof.
Since December last year, five people have died from hospital infections across Scotland's largest city.
The family of shop worker Mrs Kaur have now criticised hospital staff, claiming they only found out about her condition from reports of a fungal outbreak in a press release on the hospital's website last month.
But a spokesman for the hospital insisted the family were told four days before the press release was published. Mrs Kaur's daughter Raj, 41, told the Daily Record: 'I thought surely that can't be mum. Surely they would have told us, but they hadn't.
'When we asked the doctors, they said it was mucor and it was potentially fatal. We were in a complete state of shock. It was a terrible way to find out.' Mrs Kaur's case follows the announcement that a Holyrood committee is to examine hospital safety.
She was admitted to the hospital on January 7 with flu-like symptoms and pain in her chest. She was fitted with a tube into her windpipe when her breathing became laboured. The family claim they were only then told about the fungal infection.
By February 8, the grandmother-of-nine's family were told she would certainly die, but yesterday her son Bobby said she was conscious and responding to questions by blinking.
He said: 'We don't want a cover-up. We want to know exactly what is causing our mother to be so ill.'
The case comes after a ten-year-old boy and a 73-year-old woman died from an infection linked to pigeon droppings. Pictured: A filthy chair that was left in a hospital smoking area for three months
Lawyer Aamer Anwar, representing the family, said: 'They appreciate professionals have tried desperately to save their mother's life but this hospital's management stands accused of failing in its duty of care and presiding over a culture of secrecy.'
An NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde spokesman said the family were told of the infection before the press release.
He added: 'We are sorry the family feel our communications have
