First dedicated baby loss ward in Scotland opens

The unit allows women to deliver stillborn babies separately from labour wards

The first dedicated baby loss ward in Scotland has opened at Wishaw Hospital.

It’s part of a pilot project which, if successful, will be rolled out across the country.

The opening comes as thousands of people have backed a campaign demanding the Scottish Government to rethink plans to downgrade the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.

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