Ayr hospitals on lockdown after reported stabbing

Patients and staff at two hospitals told to remain in their rooms during police search

Two hospitals on the outskirts of Ayr on the west coast of Scotland are under lockdown as police investigate a reported stabbing.

Staff and patients at University Hospital Ayr, a general hospital south-east of Ayr, and Ailsa hospital, a smaller facility which specialises in mental health, psychiatry and addictions, were told to remain in their rooms while police carried out a helicopter search of the area.

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