Fife Mum calls for tests for all newborns

A Fife mother is calling for a routine screening for every new-born baby in hospital.

When Lyndsey Fraser gave birth to Evie, doctors screened her using a simple procedure known as Pulse Oximetry.

NHS Fife was the first board in Scotland to screen all newborns with the test.

It detected a heart defect in the baby, who was then treated at the Sick Kids Hospital at Yorkhill.

Lyndsey says her daughter only hours old when they realised something was not right:

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