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Tag: NHS Fife

Anger at smoke filled ward where babies inhale first breaths

NEWBORN babies at a controversial Scottish hospital are inhaling cigarette smoke in their “first breaths,” angry medics revealed today. The maternity unit at the Victoria...

Mad dash to ambulance station as 999 call put on hold

A YOUNG father's life was saved following a 999 bungle - after his mother sprinted to the ambulance station three doors away. Chris Upton, 25,...

90-year-old woman waits over nine hours for X-ray after fall at home

FOUR teams of health professionals took over nine hours to get an X-ray for a 90-year-old woman who fell at home, her furious family...

Scots healthboard bans ecigarettes

A SCOTS health board has become the latest organisation to ban ecigarettes over safety fears. NHS Fife has prohibited the use of the battery-operated devices...

Health board buys iPads while rationing incontinence pads

HEALTH bosses forked out £17,000 on iPads while cutting back on basic essentials such as incontinence pads, it emerged today. NHS Fife bought 37 of...

Parking attendant at controversial hospital “threatened” husband of cancer patient

THE husband of a cancer-stricken pensioner has claimed he was threatened by a hospital parking attendant who told him he was a bouncer and...

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