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Scottish hospitals are relying on decades-old equipment, say Scottish Labour
General X-Ray Room in the Emergency Department at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People Edinburgh

PATIENTS in Scotland’s hospitals are reliant on decades-old equipment thanks to the SNP government, Scottish Labour has charged.

Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Dame Jackie Baillie said: “Patients might be forgiven for thinking they’re in the Scottish remake of Back to the Future when they learn how old the machines providing vital medical information actually are.

“Sadly, under the incompetent SNP, our crumbling NHS is otherwise unrecognisable from the mid-2000s, when patients could walk in the door expecting to be seen.”

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