LITTLE Alisha Akhtar is lucky to be able to hear every whisper, giggle and song around her despite being born with a hearing defect that could have blocked out sound forever.Read
MORE than 100,000 Birmingham carers are being offered a welcome “safety net” to ensure loved ones are safe if they are in an accident or running late as part of a new council-run emergency scheme.Read
BIRMINGHAM doctors treating British military casualties today revealed they have been inundated with FOUR times as many battle-injured soldiers from Afghanistan in the past month compared to a year ago.Read
THE sale of a multi-million pound Birmingham hospital site is not due to go ahead for at least four years when it will be sold to make way for new housing, NHS bosses have revealed.Read
PROTESTERS were today holding a rally in Birmingham city centre calling for people to unite against racism following a controversial gathering a week ago.Read
URBAN music act The Streets are to perform a homecoming gig to mark the O2 Academy Birmingham’s move to a lavish new £4 million home in Bristol Street.Read
HEALTH bosses are losing a battle to sign up more Midlanders to the organ donor register with latest figures showing the region was the worst in the country for potential lifesavers.Read
BEING able to take in the day-to-day running and atmosphere of British NHS wards first hand is a feat in itself for the group of gracious 25 senior doctors from war-torn Iraq.Read
THE head teacher of a Birmingham school at the centre of England’s biggest swine flu outbreak has attacked the Health Protection Agency (HPA) for being slow to react.Read
A BIRMINGHAM hospital is the first to pilot a new hi-tech device to try to help more patients on the waiting list get the lifesaving operation they need.Read
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.
