Covid-19 hospital porter s photos capture life on the frontline
By Lesley-Anne McKeown
image captionHospital volunteer Adam Middleton captured photos on the Covid-19 frontline over the past year
A hospital porter whose photographs capture life on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic said he hopes they will help inform future generations.
Nineteen-year-old Adam Middleton said he felt duty-bound to record the images at the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, over the past year. I wanted to present an honest story, he said. To show exactly what was going on - from somebody down there on the ground for the people outside.
When the pandemic struck, Adam, from Newtownards, County Down, volunteered to be part of a dedicated Covid-19 team, ferrying seriously ill patients throughout the hospital - one of the busiest in Northern Ireland.
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Covid-19: Regional Fertility Centre to resume some services
By Lesley Anne McKeown
Some fertility treatments that were paused because of the coronavirus pandemic are to begin once more.
Services at the Regional Fertility Centre are due to resume at a reduced capacity, the Belfast Trust has confirmed.
Patients at the top of the frozen embryo transfer waiting list are due to be contacted this week.
The trust said staff who had been redeployed in the pandemic would return to the centre as soon as possible.
At that stage, a number of women were contacted by phone as part of the Belfast Health Trust s plan to scale back on operations and procedures.
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By Lesley-Anne McKeown
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image captionThe contraceptive implant is a small flexible plastic rod that is placed under the skin in a woman s upper arm
None of the 718 women contacted as part of a major review into contraceptive implants have reported any issues, according to the Belfast Health Trust.
Officials are still trying to get in touch with 25 others.
The trust said it wanted to ensure contraceptive implants had been properly fitted and present. The Sexual and Reproductive Service has contacted 718 women who had a contraceptive implant inserted or replaced in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Service, it said in a statement.