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MRI scanner, racist slogans, should obese children be taken in to care & we talk to Raychel Ferguson's mum Marie.

Belfast Trust says an MRI scanner for the Royal's Children's hospital won't be in place until 2015.
One caller rang Radio Foyle - the charge on his bill took him by surprise.

The Belfast Trust has told the Nolan show that an MRI scanner planned for the Royal's Children's hospital in Belfast will not be in place until 2015. That's despite 2 million pounds being raised to buy a scanner six months ago following a three-year charity appeal. Helen Skelly's baby Leah is suffering from cancer told us "Kids wouldn't have to go through all this if the MRI scanner was there." Helen Skelly's baby Leah is suffering from cancer

"Some locals said if any Chinese families moved in they would be shot" Anna Lo talks to Lisa McAlister about racist slogans in South Belfast

How much money is a child's life worth? Forty thousand pounds according to the Western Trust. Nine-year-old Raychel Ferguson died in Altnagelvin hospital after she was given a lethal dose of intravenous fluid. She'd been admitted to have her appendix removed in 2001. Her death was investigated as part of the Hyponatraemia Inquiry. Rachel鈥檚 mum asks - "Who gives them the right to say my daughter's life was only worth 拢40K?"

Should obese children be taken in to care? Commentators Emma Woolf & Kathryn Szrodecki discuss

Caller Stephen dialled Radio Foyle on 08459555678 - the charge on his bill took him by surprise.

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Wed 5 Mar 2014 09:03

MRI scanner

MRI scanner

The Belfast Trust has told the Nolan show that an MRI scanner planned for the Royal's Children's hospital in Belfast will not be in place until 2015. That's despite 2 million pounds being raised to buy a scanner six months ago following a three-year charity appeal. Helen Skelly's baby Leah is suffering from cancer told us 听

Racism

Racism

Raychel Ferguson

Raychel Ferguson

听 How much money is a child's life worth? Forty thousand pounds according to the Western Trust. Nine-year-old Raychel Ferguson died in Altnagelvin hospital after she was given a lethal dose of intravenous fluid. She'd been admitted to have her appendix removed in 2001. Her death was investigated as part of the Hyponatraemia Inquiry. Rachel鈥檚 mum asks -

Obesity

Obesity

Should obese children be taken in to care?

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