I am saddened to hear of proposals to shut down the Queen Mums Hospital and Yorkhill Sick Kids Hospital. Our baby Dylan died in Yorkhill Hospital on 2 August 2000, he was only 11 days old. The team in the Special Care Baby Unit were exceptional and did everything they could to save Dylan. The level of expertise and caring we experienced is something that won’t be replaced if Yorkhill is closed. My family and friends have supported the Special Care Baby Unit, the Scottish Cot Death Trust based in the hospital and Ronald McDonald House since Dylan’s death and do what we can to help raise funds. At the moment I am organising a sponsored cycling event for next summer. I hope that by then the opinions of medical experts and the general public will have forced Greater Glasgow Health Board to keep their hands off Yorkhill. We will continue to raise funds in hope in the meantime.