Kieran Lamb's List: Manchester Evening News 02/09

A MAN who tried to commit suicide has been paid £90,000 compensation after he sued the hospital which saved his life.

Michael Dexter, 58, from Lancashire, was rushed to accident and emergency after taking a cocktail of around 100 pills and rum.

A FORMER soldier from Stockport is facing child neglect charges after a toddler was found wandering alone on a beach in Tenerife.

Kirk Douglas Drinkwater, 47, and girlfriend Justine Demain were arrested by Spanish police after allegedly returning from a boozing session on the island.

A HEALTH boss who transformed a Manchester hospital has been headhunted for one of the most prestigious jobs in the NHS.

Peter Morris, made OBE for his work improving the management and finances of Wythenshawe Hospital, is leaving to become chief executive of Barts Hospital in London at the end of this month.

A FLAW in an NHS computer system could put the lives of two patients at risk after their health records became mixed up.

Patrick Nyamuranga has been told he shares an NHS number - the `unique' personal code for a person's medical details - with someone else.

The error could put his life at risk if he needed emergency treatment and doctors had the wrong information about him.

SCREENING for breast cancer is switching to digital - with the north west's first new hi-tech unit up and running.

Doctors at Wythenshawe Hospital, who run the programme, say the £300,000 digital mobile unit will produce clearer images of suspicious cells.

A RISING tide of obesity is fuelling an increase in the `time bomb' disease of diabetes.

More than 100,000 people in Greater Manchester have the condition and it is becoming much more common in younger people and even children.

AN AMBULANCE worker who was banned from driving after an accident which left a great-grandmother dead is back on duty.

Christopher Boothman was riding a motorbike when he knocked down 86-year-old Hilda Brown in Irlam. She died an hour later in hospital.

A COUPLE married for more than 50 years were found lying dead side-by-side in their home.

Relatives were grieving the loss of Derek and Martha Higgins, whose bodies were discovered in their Stretford home.

For a number of years Derek, 83, had been the primary carer to his bed-bound wife, aged 82.

THIS is the baby boy on the social services 'at risk' register who died after being found bruised and lifeless in his cot.

The M.E.N. can reveal that social services had put 12-month-old Leo Faulkner-Parkhill on the child protection register three months ago after he was taken to hospital with an injured arm which doctors feared had been 'wrenched'.

POLICE and child care chiefs are investigating the death of a baby boy who was on the social services 'at risk' register.

The one-year-old was found in a `lifeless' condition in a cot at his home on the Kirkholt estate in Rochdale with bruises on his body.

MANCHESTER NHS bosses will receive almost £70m less than they need to meet healthcare needs over the next two years.

The Department of Health has left Manchester around £35m-a-year short of what an independent committee has worked out as its 'fair share' until 2011. It equates to £53.68 per person, according to MP John Leech who says the settlement is 'unfair' and 'illogical'.

A NURSE hailed as a modern day Florence Nightingale - the Lady of the Lamp - has been named one of the most influential in modern times.

Janet Marsden was voted among the 20 most important nurses of the last 60 years.

The Manchester health expert has pioneered a way of assessing A&E patients which is now used by hospitals around the world to ensure the sickest patients are always treated first.