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By Angie Brown
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image captionEdinburgh s Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion was built in 1969
NHS Lothian has been told to carry out a review of its eye care services after the Scottish government withdrew funding for a new £45m eye hospital for Edinburgh.
The Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion in Chalmers Street was found to be unfit for purpose in 2015.
An agreement was put in place in 2018 for a replacement at Little France.
However in December 2020 the government said it was not in a position to fund the replacement.
In a Scottish Parliament debate on Thursday, brought by Lothian MSP Miles Briggs, MSPs warned the decision would leave the capital one of the few major UK cities without its own eye hospital.
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