A woman is in a critical but stable condition in intensive care after contracting a form of swine flu.
Jennifer Scott was transferred by helicopter from Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary earlier this week after she was diagnosed with a serious "flu type illness".
She is currently being treated at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester where there is specialist equipment to deal with serious conditions such as this.
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