The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Best wishes to Pauline
It is fair to say that there has been only one story which has dominated the headlines in Lanarkshire – and indeed much of the Scottish and UK media – this week.
The news that nurse Pauline McCafferkey had to be readmitted to hospital following a complication with the Ebola she was treated for earlier this year, was widely covered.
Some of the reporting, particularly from some of the national newspapers, was more sensationalist than others. However, by and large the local papers in Lanarkshire reported it in a matter of fact manner.
It goes without saying, that everyone in NHS Lanarkshire wishes Pauline a full and speedy recovery.
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