NHScrisis
A staffing crisis means a Perthshire minor injuries and illness unit will be closed for three days for the second time this month.
Perth and Kinross health and social care partnership announced earlier this week that Pitlochry MIIU will be closed on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday next week.
●Full story page 4 Danielle Turnbull (left) and Mhairi Reilly, with Neil McVean at the North Inch, where the drama unfolded.
Picture: Lesley Orrock Neil reckons devices like this one should be more widely available A Perth police officer has relived the dramatic moment his life was saved by two nurses and a defibrillator when he suffered cardiac arrest on the North Inch. Detective Constable Neil McVean now wants more defibrillators around the Fair City and has set out to raise money to provide more of the life saving machinery. The 44-year-old was training with a fitness group in the park when he collapsed. But he was spotted by nurses Mhairi Reilly (34) and Danielle Turnbull (53). They immediately started CPR while the defibrillator was brought from the nearby Bell’s Sports Centre, which