Tag: Health

Pensioner claims catalogue of errors at controversial hospital

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 1, 2012

A PENSIONER claims she was made to sit in a dirty bed for three hours after being abandoned by staff at a controversial Scottish...

Woman “back from the dead” after being left to die by doctors

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 27, 2012

A WOMAN who was left for dead by medics following a massive heart attack astonished her family and doctors when she came back to...

Protein study gives fresh impetus in fight against superbugs

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - January 31, 2012

SCIENTISTS have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics. Researchers have mapped the...

Miracle op twins leave hospital

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - January 17, 2012

BRAVE Scots twins who are set to walk after a miracle operation in the US have been discharged from hospital. Twins Ayley and Chloe Hirsch,...

Gran fears for life as cancer op cancelled four times

Scottish News

Guest - January 10, 2012

By Jill Geoghegan A SCOTTISH grandmother has had a life-saving operation cancelled four times because of a lack of beds in intensive care. Helen O’Connor (41)...

Significant reductions in deaths from two of Scotland’s biggest killers

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 29, 2011

DEATHS from heart disease and stroke in Scotland have fallen significantly during the past 15 years, according to figures published today. Annual heart disease statistics...

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