Hospital saved my son.. and helped rebuild our family

A MUM whose son had a bone marrow transplant aged eight praised a hospital for helping keep her family together.

- VIVIENNE AITKEN

Michael Gartshore’s mum, Tracey, 35, said the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow not only saved her son’s life but “they also put us back together as a family”.

When kids are going through stem cell transplants at the RHC the family get access to a psychologist to help them through it.

The post was a pilot project, funded for three years by the Anthony Nolan Trust. And because of its success it will get NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde funding. Tracey, 35, from

Dunfermline said: “I’m so glad the psychology service will continue to run; it helps so many families like us.”