Scotland's national clinical director Jason Leitch has been accused of claiming a dead colleague’s Covid may have come from his family.
Louise Slorance revealed her fury with Leitch over the source of her late spouse Andrew’s coronavirus infection. The widow also released messages Leitch and her husband exchanged when he lay ill in hospital.
The 49-year-old cancer sufferer had shielded himself in his Edinburgh house by sleeping and working in a 10ft x 10ft room for seven months without physical or close contact with anyone.
He was admitted to the QEUH in October 2020 for stem cell treatment after which Louise said he got Covid. She said he tested negative three times, one of which was “pre-admission” and twice after entering the hospital.