Hospital probe after Xmas reindeer visits sick children
A health board ordered a review after a reindeer was taken round a number of wards at a children's hospital.
A health board ordered a review after a reindeer was taken round a number of wards at a children's hospital.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the "tame" fawn, which was hand-reared and vet-checked, was outside the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Yorkhill, Glasgow, as part of a planned charity event in the run-up to Christmas, when a member of staff decided to take the animal inside.
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