An investigation is being carried out at Careshare Nursery at Lauder College, Dunfermline, Fife after three two year olds were diagnosed with a severe case of the E. Coli 0157 bug on the 9th of May. Two girls, Lorna Balfour and Abigail Young as well as another boy whose name is not given, are now being treated at the Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. Since the three children went to the same nursery, Careshare Nursery are now accused for having poor infection control. The reason for the contraction of the E. Coli bug in this case is unknown but E. Coli can be caught from contact with contaminated food, milk, water, raw meat as well as incomplete sterilisation of baby bottles. 
The three children suffered kidney failures. However, other effects of E. Coli include vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pain, sickness and fever. The toddlers may lose their kidneys or become victims of hypertension. 
In 1996, an E. Coli outbreak had a terrifying impact on 21 people in Wishaw, Lanarkshire whose lives were taken.