A petition against the downgrade of the unit has now gathered over 23,500 signatures
A group of mums from Lanarkshire fighting to prevent the downgrade of neo-natal intensive care services within the maternity department at University Hospital Wishaw plan to take their protests back to Holyrood.
The award-winning unit in Wishaw is set to lose eight intensive care incubators. And as a result, premature babies born under 27 weeks' gestation and needing specialist care would be moved to either Glasgow, Edinburgh or Aberdeen.Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.
They have also met with Jenni Minto, Minister for Public Health, expressing their concerns about the proposals. “The unit has received the information that effectively they will lose eight intensive care cots and associated funding.” "Or questions about impact on maternity services, and the character count – not a word count but character count – for comments was 500, which is absolutely nothing.The unit holds incredibly contrasting emotions for Angela Tierney from Blantyre.However, Angela, also mum to three-year-old Hugo, gave birth to baby boy Luca in May. He had to spend a short time in the unit, reinforcing to her how important the service is to the Lanarkshire community.
Tammy Johnston-Little from Lesmahagow’s son Kai, was transferred from Glasgow to the unit in Wishaw after being born 16 weeks early. The Lesmahagow mum’s baby boy weighed just 750g,“A big issue for me is that there is only one ScotSTAR ambulance for the full of the west of Scotland.”Tammy continued: “That’s the only way that they can transport these babies.
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