Stepping Hill hospital patient dies after suspected saline contamination A 60-year-old woman believed to have been poisoned by contaminated saline at a hospital has died, police say. The patient was among those thought to have suffered hypoglycaemic episodes between June and July last year after being administered contaminated products at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport. Police are investigating the deaths of four other patients in the complex and long-running investigation. The woman, who has not been named, died in the early hours of Saturday 14 January. A spokesman for Greater Manchester police said: "We have been made aware of the death of a 60-year-old woman at Stepping Hill hospital. The coroner has been made aware and further tests are ongoing.