Patients suffering from heart failure will be forced to receive medical treatment at home as crisis-hit hospitals desperately try to free up beds to deal with their toughest ever winter.
Cases of the winter vomiting norovirus bug have reached the highest level for at least eight years in Scotland, adding to fears of a hospital crisis as the cold weather hits.Figures from Public Health
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