Doctors removed a firefighter's healthy lung unnecessarily after he was wrongly diagnosed with cancer, it was reported yesterday. Laurence Ball, 58, was told he had a tumour in his lung and needed surgery to remove the organ, it was reported.

By HELEN PUTTICK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT BEDS were too close together, bays were overcrowded, hand- washing facilities were inadequate and wards appeared shabby.

By David Maddox Scottish Political Correspondent TWO patients have died after contracting a bug which has struck in two different Scottish cities. Seven patients have been put into isolation following an outbreak of a highly toxic strain of C difficile in Aberdeen and Glasgow.

When Anne Urquhart injured her foot in an accident, little did she realise she was to become a test case for pioneering medical science. She was one of the first patients to use new video-link technology currently on trial at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

When Anne Urquhart injured her foot, little did she realise she was to become a test case for pioneering medical technology. She was one of the first patients to use new video-link technology currently being trialled at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.