§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that a scheme to establish a pilot unit in a surgical ward at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, where special intensive care could be given to certain types of seriously ill patients, has recently been rejected by the North Eastern Regional 63W Hospital Board; what is the reason for the rejection; and what alternative scheme he proposes.
§ Mr. NobleThe Board accepts the concept of intensive care areas and is making provision for this purpose in the new surgical wing which is now being built at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. It does not consider that in all the circumstances a pilot scheme would be a profitable use of resources.