Roisin’s death the price of skimping on health services

THIS is the price of skimping on essential health services.

A mother and father wrap their arms around the white coffin that holds the body of their baby daughter as they carry her from their local church for burial.

Two years ago the bereft parents celebrated in the same church as little Roisin Ruddle was baptised. Yesterday they cradled her for a last time before laying her to rest a hundred yards from her home in the ancient cemetery her late grandfather lovingly restored for the community before his death three years ago.