FAIRFIELD'S Special Care Baby Unit has received the gift of a new scanner despite the plans to close it.

As reported in last week's Bury Times, Mrs Pam Walker, of Nuttall Avenue, Whitefield, donated the scanner to the unit using part of the cash legacy left by her late father, Mr Harry Green.

The scanner arrived on the same day controversial proposals were announced to close the special care unit and replace it with a 24-hour midwifery-led centre. The ex-Pilkington Park ward councillor is vowing to fight for its survival.

She said: "I am getting together with people to try and stop the plans. I know the Fairfield Baby Lifeline Society is holding a meeting in September but that is not soon enough for me."