Parents raise £3k for cold cot after loss of baby boy

A Hamilton couple who experienced both joy and heartbreak over the birth of their twins have paid tribute to Wishaw General staff who cared for them.

- IAN BUNTING

Baby Freddie Whyte sadly passed away just hours after he and his twin sister, Marnie, were born at the hospital, home to NHS Lanarkshire’s maternity services.

Mum Amy Brown and dad Josh Whyte were devastated to lose Freddie but took comfort from the safe arrival of Marnie.

Now the couple has raised £3000 to buy a cold cot for the hospital’s neonatal unit, with the support of baby loss charity Abigail's Footsteps.

Amy said the refrigerated cot, which allows parents to spend time with a baby who has passed away, was the ideal donation to thank the staff who looked after them before and after the twins’ birth in October 2023.

She added: "The staff went above and beyond. The twins were born at 34 weeks and Marnie was immediately taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit because she needed help with her breathing.