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Alison Dayani

Bug shuts another hospital ward

ANOTHER ward at a Birmingham hospital has been closed off to new patients due to the winter sickness bug sweeping the region. Read

Bug forces hospital wards to close

FIVE wards at a Birmingham hospital have been closed to new patients after an outbreak of a winter sickness bug. Read

Goldie Lookin' Chain @ Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton

IT'S a shame GLC were not asked to perform at the Brit Awards - their tongue-in-cheek, innovative style would have made a refreshing change. Read

Star at soil blessing for new hospital

HEALTH bosses are hoping for divine intervention by blessing the soil of a proposed new mental health hospital being heavily delayed by the Government. Read

Mum of tragic twin in blood donor appeal

LITTLE Luke Joeres wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the kindness of strangers donating enough blood for five lifesaving transfusions. Read

Irony not lost on GLC's US fans

IT'S hard to imagine Americans understanding the savage irony and tongue-in-cheek verses of unlikely Welsh rap stars Goldie Lookin' Chain. Read

Ambulance crews in drug row

HEART attack victims across Birmingham and the Black Country are being denied vital life-saving drugs because cash strapped health bosses refuse to fund it. Read

Husband in court over teacher's murder

THE British man accused of killing a former Midland teacher and their baby was today appearing in a US court on two counts of first degree murder. Read

Children injured in wall collapse

EIGHT schoolchildren were injured, one with a broken leg, when a half-term disco turned to terror. Read

Cigarette sparks home blaze

FLAMES tore through a home for mental health patients after a discarded cigarette sparked a fire. Read

Heart defect twin goes home at last

WATCHING her baby twins play together on the living room rug is the moment devoted mum Sarah Charlotte thought she would never see. Read

Phone service just the tonic for centre

THOUSANDS of patients at a Chelmsley Wood GP surgery will no longer be getting an engaged tone when they try to call. Read

Child porn doctor still banned

A SHAMED Birmingham doctor who downloaded hundreds of sick porn images of children as young as four has been banned from working as a GP for another year. Read

Child porn doc in move to lift ban

A DISGRACED Birmingham doctor suspended after being put on the Sex Offenders' Register for downloading child porn is trying to return to work. Read

Reprieve for drug thief doc

A STAFFORDSHIRE doctor who was convicted of stealing prescription drugs has escaped being struck off. Read

Sick bug pushing hospitals to limit

BIRMINGHAM medics are being stretched to the limit as hundreds of sick children are rushed to hospital with a sickness bug sweeping the Midlands. Read

City patient kills herself

An inquiry was today under way into how the Asian woman in her 20s managed to kill herself in a ward bathroom while under the supervision of medics at Heartlands Hospital. Read

Brave Sadie faces new operations

THE Birmingham schoolgirl who lost a leg after being knocked down by an unmarked police car has suffered another heartbreaking setback. Read

MRSA hit squads to blitz superbug

HIT squads are being drafted into Sandwell to cut soaring MRSA rates after it recorded one of the worst rates in the country. Read

Helath bosses hit back in bed dash row

GOVERNMENT health bosses today hit back at the wave of criticism which followed their decision to take a Midlands woman expecting twins on a 110-mile ambulance dash. Read

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Alison Dayani is Health Correspondent on the Birmingham Mail but also covers general news, features, music and theatre. As a trained video journalist, she provides footage of events and health stories for the website too.

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