OBAN’S hospital is set to gain an ultrasound scan for pregnant mothers early next year.
Currently local expectant mums are sent outside Argyll to the nearest obstetric scanning machine in Glasgow. But in 2017, once three new posts have been filled, women should be able to have an ultrasound – which uses sound waves to depict a real-time picture of the moving foetus – closer to home, Argyll and Bute Health and Social Partnership announced at its meeting this month.