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Couples have yesterday been urged not to be scared away from having children because of the swine flu pandemic. However, the National Childbirth Trust had already called for women to delay conception until the threat of the disease has passed because of the risk it posed of infection to expectant mothers. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon [...]

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9th Oct 09

Patient death linked to swine flu

by Harry Oldfield

A 31-year-old woman who passed away at the Royal Berkshire Hospital later tested positive for swine flu. Art Edwards, of Aberdeen, had been visiting her son for his seventh birthday when she began feeling ill last week. She died at the hospital last Wednesday from complications arising from a dangerous strain of pneumonia. NHS Berkshire [...]

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9th Oct 09

50 jobs under threat at hospital

by Sally Davies

Fifty jobs are possibly under threat at a private hospital in the Irish County of Londonderry. The North-West Independent Hospital claimed there has been a signficant downturn in work after a drop in referrals from NHS Trusts. The hospital, in Ballykelly, said that there were no alternative but to consider redundancies. It would also look [...]

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