Children moved as hospital ward ‘closes for summer’

Jul 08, 2015, 09:02 AM

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It's hard enough coping with an seriously ill newborn baby. But what if you were in hospital and you were told the ward your child was being treated on was closing down for the summer? Well that's what's happened to Leeanne Priestly and Alvin Bell. Their six week old baby son, Jordan, was admitted to the Maynard Sinclair Ward at the Ulster Hospital on the 9th of May. But a few weeks later they were told he was being moved to the Craig Ward in the same hospital because Maynard was shutting up shop for the summer. Since then they claim they've witnessed cramped conditions, staff stretched to the limit and treatment rooms being changed into makeshift wards. Our reporter, Nicola Weir, spoke to the couple. #BBCNolan