An particular person has been taken to hospital after a “suspicious package” was found at a clinic in South Lanarkshire.
Emergency providers have been referred to as to Victoria Street in Blantyre at round 9.30am following the invention inside the grounds of the city’s well being centre.
Officers evacuated the constructing and the encircling premises as a precaution. The emergency incident has since been stood down, and employees have returned to the constructing.
Jim Donnelly Photos BlantyreHowever, NHS Lanarkshire mentioned sufferers face “major disruption”. The well being board has urged sufferers to attend scheduled appointments on Thursday afternoon and Friday as deliberate.
Patients have been requested to solely contact their GP practices whether it is an emergency, as work is carried out to reschedule missed appointments.
The Scottish Ambulance Service was referred to as to the scene at round 10am.
An ambulance and particular operations workforce attended the scene. Medical crews took a person to Hairmyres Hospital for therapy.
A spokesperson mentioned: “We received a call today at 10.05am to attend an incident on Victoria Street in Blantyre.
“We dispatched one ambulance and our special operations team to the scene. We transported one patient to Hairmyres Hospital.”
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