WE would like a say a big thank you to all the medical staff on Ward 17 at York District Hospital for the wonderful care you gave our baby son, Elliot, on Monday, November 5, and the subsequent days he spent on the children's ward.

We will be eternally grateful for your professionalism, expertise and prompt diagnosis.

Simon and Jayne Ritchie,

Stabler Close,

Wigginton, York.

Updated: 11:23 Monday, November 12, 2001