All news by author: Vivienne Aitken

Robert Viana-Ross was just 10 when he was first given a blood infusion - used to control bleeding in patients with haemophilia - but later developed hepatitis C as a result of the contaminated product

Colin Wilson, 76, remains trapped in his upstairs flat as a staircase leading to the only bathroom is too dangerous to go down - his wife Patricia is now urging the council to act

Stuart Leggate killed eight-year-old Mark Cummings after abducting him from the block of flats where they lived and stuffing his body in a bin chute in Royston, Glasgow

Sam Eljamel was a neurosurgeon at NHS Tayside from 1995 until his suspension after dozens of complaints from patients - he is believed to have botched hundreds of ops at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

HC-One Scotland is shutting three NHS-funded dementia units in North Lanarkshire which were 'no longer fit for purpose' with families 'floored' by the announcment

Pat Kelly underwent botched surgery from disgraced neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital and has been left with a catalogue of health issues, fearing he may not have long to live

David Baxter, 69, was having heart problems and had to sit overnight on a hard plastic chair in a waiting room at University Hospital Monklands in Lanarkshire last Monday before he saw a medic and wasn't alone

Benjamin, who has spina bifida and hydrocephalus, loves to play like any other child but struggles to make friends with able-bodied children he meets in the park

Suzanne Doherty's baby son Leo was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis just weeks after he was born - and she is now worried he won't get the treatment he needs to survive on the NHS

Phil Welsh, 55, weighed 32 stone at his heaviest and became depressed following the death of his dad, so much so that he tried to end his life on several occasions

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Theresa, 42, and Matthew Smith, 53, have been banned from speaking about the death of their baby daughter Sophia after she picked up an infection

Jacklyn Richardson is desperate for treatment for the heavy lump which becomes sore when she walks and has stopped her from driving

Araf Saddiq didn't initially realise he was the first Muslim to work in the Scottish Ambulance Service - but as a paramedic he faced horrific racist abuse that saw one man calling him a terrorist and attacking him

NHS worker Graham Scott, 45, has a brain tumour and has been told he may not be seen by a specialist until November, leaving him and his family begging for help

Great-granny Helen, a nurse for 40 years, has had breast cancer twice so cannot get radiotherapy and there is no possibility of surgery. She fears the cancer has spread further with all the delays