MIDWIVES could soon be allowed to check that newborn babies are healthy.

CHECKS for legionella bacteria in the hospital water supply have not been carried out regularly, Health and Social Services has admitted.

A BACTERIA that can cause Legionnaires’ disease has been detected in the Princess Elizabeth Hospital’s water supply, it emerged yesterday.

ONE of the most uplifting stories in a while was yesterday’s about the safe delivery of baby Warren Joyner in a tractor-drawn ambulance en route to Guernsey’s Princess Elizabeth Hospital.

HOSPITAL staff have warned about the dangers of cuts as Health and Social Services continues to make savings.

A PENSIONER left in agony for a week because essential medical equipment failed to reach the island has finally had surgery on his fractured elbow.

HEALTH and Social Services will ask the States for several million pounds to investigate a major reconfiguration of Princess Elizabeth Hospital wards.

GUERNSEY’S Princess Elizabeth Hospital could undergo major reconfiguration after the Health and Social Services Department yesterday announced a wide-ranging review into the make-up of its wards.

A 79-YEAR-OLD man has been left in agony for six days after urgent medical equipment failed to reach the island.

A LOCAL surgeon accused of breaching his duty of care says he did all he could to find an important nerve while carrying out a thyroid operation on Sharon Williams.