Plans to downgrade neonatal services branded ‘devastating and dangerous’

A petition against the plans has already gathered more than 25,000 signatures.

Parents whose premature babies were taken care of at Wishaw General’s award-winning neonatal unit say plans to downgrade the service are “devastating and dangerous”.

Scottish Government proposals would see the number of neonatal intensive care units cut from eight to three.

That would mean Scotland’s sickest babies would need to go to units in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen instead.

A petition against the plans has already gathered more than 25,000 signatures.

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