Ward shuts following C.diff cases

The ward has been closed at the Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow

A ward at a Glasgow hospital remains closed to new admissions after four patients tested positive for a potentially lethal bug.

Those affected by Clostridium difficile [C.diff] are now in isolation at the Victoria Infirmary and are said to be giving no cause for concern.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said extra cleaning was under way.

The Victoria outbreak follows news that nine people have died of the bug at the Vale of Leven Hospital since December.

Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon confirmed on Wednesday that an independent inquiry would look into the deaths of the Vale of Leven patients.

The extent of C.diff infection at the Dunbartonshire hospital came to light earlier this month after a retrospective investigation by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

It identified 54 cases of infection between December 2007 and June this year at the hospital in Alexandria.