A maternity unit in Shropshire which closed for six months because of a shortage of midwives has opened its doors to expectant mothers again. The ward at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital in Gobowen, near Oswestry, welcomed two mothers-to-be on Thursday.
It shut down in October because 22 midwives took leave to have babies.
Hospital chiefs blamed their failure to arrange cover for the maternity leave on a national shortage of trained staff.
The move sparked a campaign to save the ward after local people became concerned it would not reopen.
But health bosses have always maintained that was never a possibility.
During the closure pregnant women needing hospital care had to travel to either Wrexham, Powys or Shrewsbury.
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