Tuesday, 2nd December 2008

Health

Airline flies to the rescue of baby Riley and his mum

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WHEN a young mum-to-be was rushed to hospital in Southampton in premature labour, Flybe went the extra mile to make life easier.

Awareness day aims to raise respect for HIV sufferers

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TODAY is World Aids Day and the message across Guernsey and the UK is ‘respect and protect’.

Critical deputy resigns from Health, but is yet to give his reasons

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DEPUTY Mike Hadley has resigned from the Health and Social Services Department after only six months.

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Babies flown to UK as Beau Sejour pays more

A MOTHER and premature baby recently forced by a lack of staff at the PEH pharmacy to be flown to the UK are not the only ones.

Out-of-island treatments ruin Health’s budget

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES is predicting a £3.25m. overspend on part of its budget allocation this year.

No staff, so premature baby has to be fed in UK

STAFF shortages in the PEH pharmacy meant that a mother and premature baby had to be flown to the UK because intravenous feeds could not be prepared in Guernsey.

Filipino ‘angel’ returns home

THE FILIPINO ‘angel’ in need of a kidney transplant has returned home.

Filipino ‘angel’ who needs a kidney faces £6,000 medical bill

PEOPLE and businesses have rallied round a Filipino nurse who needs a kidney transplant.

UK reciprocal health agreement to end

THE UK Government has informed Guernsey that it intends to withdraw from the reciprocal health agreement, HSSD has confirmed.

‘If that’s how you treat people, I’ll take my cash elsewhere’

A VISUALLY-impaired man has decided against moving to Guernsey because local provision for his condition is simply not good enough.