Published: Tuesday, 1st July, 2008 10:45
Mum buries her son
By Mike Farrell
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George Donoghue
A MUM is one of the latest people to be directly affected by the C-diff crisis at the Vale.
Grieving Alice Donoghue buried her son George last week.
George died in the Vale of Leven hospital after catching a deadly superbug.
Although C-diff was not recorded as the cause of her son’s death, Alice and her family are convinced this is what killed him.
George, 54, died four days after he was told he had contracted the Clostidium Difficile (C-diff) virus.
Mum Alice, 79, and other members of George’s family and friends laid him to rest on Wednesday, just over a week after his passing.
The family have spoken to the Reporter about the tragedy which has left them in shock and anger.
George, who was suffering from alcoholism, was originally admitted to the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) in Paisley earlier this month, after his health deteriorated.
He spent around two weeks in the RAH before being transferred to the Vale on June 12, where four days after being informed he had C-diff, George died in ward three on June 16.
Alice told the Reporter: “It’s something I think I’ll never really get over — he was my son, you don’t expect your children to go before you, it was really quite a shock.
“When he was in the RAH we thought he was on a road to recovery, that he was going to get better, but he was taken before his time.”
His younger brother Stephen, 40, is also struggling to come to terms with the loss of George, whose death certificate recorded liver disease as the cause of death, not mentioning the C-diff virus.
George, who was the third of seven Donoghue children, used to work as a tile fitter before retiring a few years ago due to ill health.
Fifty-five people have been treated for the infection in the Vale in the past six months, with George being one of the 25 who have subsequently died.
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