The heartbroken parents of a ten-year-old girl who died after contracting an infection at a scandal-hit super-hospital are demanding a fatal accident inquiry into her death.

Milly Main was recovering from cancer and was in remission when she died in 2017 after falling ill from what is believed to be dirty water at the Royal Hospital for Children on the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus, in Glasgow.

Her parents, Kimberley Darroch and Neil Main, need answers into why their daughter's death happened and have been unable to grieve properly.

The couple have instructed solicitors and a letter has been sent on their behalf to the Lord Advocate urging for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) to be carried out.

The letter said that ‘the circumstances of Milly’s death gives rise to many questions of significant concern as to how she came to be infected while being treated at a children’s cancer ward’.

The letter acts as a referral of the death to the Procurator Fiscal, which was not reported by the health board at the time.

Milly, from Lanark, South Lanarkshire, had leukaemia from the age of five, but died after contracting an infection at the QEUH in August 2017.

Her death certificate listed a Stenotrophomonas infection of the Hickman line as a cause of death.

But her family say they were kept in the dark about the link to contaminated water problems at the hospital.

Ms Darroch said: “It has been incredibly painful for us to relive Milly’s death, with bits of information slowly being fed to us thanks only to the work of brave NHS whistleblowers, Anas Sarwar and the media.

“The health board has let us down at every step of the way and kept us in the dark.

“We believe Milly would still be alive today if the managers had listened to all the warnings of infection risk when the QEUH first opened.

“We have lost all faith in the health board and its leadership.

“As a family we have had to consider all options so that we can get answers about Milly’s death, and so that no family has to go through this ordeal again.

“We are calling for a fatal accident inquiry to uncover the truth.”

The letter from Patrick McGuire of Thompsons solicitors on behalf of Milly’s parents claims the family have been “drip fed” information and are unable to grieve properly due to a lack of answers over her death.

It stated: "It is almost three years since they lost their daughter and they have been denied the basic human dignity of being able to grieve the loss of their child because they still do not know what really happened or why.

“They cannot understand how they lost their child and as such their life is anchored to the past.

“They will not be able to grieve and move on (as best anyone can in such circumstances) until they have the truth.

“To date, they have only been drip fed some information from the health board.

“This is not good enough and is a far cry from a full and independent inquiry that seeks to uncover the full facts and circumstances."

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Anas Sarwar, Labour MSP for Glasgow, has been supporting the family since late last year when a whistleblower came forward to reveal the scale of infections linked to the water supply, and it emerged that Milly was one of the victims.

Mr Sarwar said: “The way that Milly’s family has been treated is an utter disgrace.

“They have been drip-fed information about their daughter’s tragic death, and heads should roll for that.

“If this had happened in the private sector there would be a criminal investigation, which is why there now needs to be a fatal accident inquiry.

“This is the very least the family deserves.

“I hope the Lord Advocate responds positively to this request on behalf of a grieving family.

“Will not stop until we get justice for Milly’s parents and until the public receives answers.”