Anas Sarwar has shared that he felt "feeling sorry" for Nicola Sturgeon when she stepped down as first minister.
29.01.2024 - 05:27 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Nicola Sturgeon and Jeane Freeman have been urged to come clean about "one of the worst atrocities of the pandemic".
The former first minister and ex-health secretary will appear at the UK Covid Inquiry in Edinburgh this week.
The Scottish Covid Bereaved have challenged the pair to give answers about patients with covid who were sent to care homes.
In March and April 2020, thousands of vulnerable people were put in danger after more than 100 untested and covid-positive patients were discharged into care homes.
This followed Scottish Government guidance which aimed to ease pressure on the NHS.
Freeman will appear at the inquiry on Monday and Sturgeon will answer questions on Wednesday.
The Scottish Covid Bereaved have demanded that the politicians explain their decision on care homes.
Helen Lee Keenan, whose father Thomas Lee died of covid in a care home in May 2020, said that "someone needs to be held accountable".
She said: “I’m expecting the truth. I want to know why protocols in place for people in care homes were used so quickly.
"I want to know why the decisions were made at the time and who made the decisions.
"Someone needs to be held accountable – Jeane Freeman was involved at the time and needs to explain to the families.
"Everyone’s looking for answers. My father was killed in a care home. They pumped him full of drugs and let him die."
Sturgeon's appearance at the inquiry comes after it emerged that she deleted all of her WhatsApps from during the pandemic.
Aamer Anwar, the lead lawyer representing the Scottish Covid Bereaved, asked what the former first minister was trying to hide.
He said: "Boris Johnson’s claim that he saved thousands of lives was a grotesque distortion of the truth.
"But Ms Freeman and Ms Sturgeon would
Anas Sarwar has shared that he felt "feeling sorry" for Nicola Sturgeon when she stepped down as first minister.
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