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Thursday, November 20, 2008, 07:30
A council committee last night agreed to rethink its view on the proposed closure of the microbiology lab, which is used to diagnose illnesses such as meningitis and MRSA.
Members of Lincolnshire County Council's health scrutiny committee decided new evidence had emerged which might make transferring the lab's work to Scunthorpe unnecessary – because the Lincoln lab was fit for purpose.
Members may now decide to refer the potential closure to Health Secretary Alan Johnson when it meets again on December 3.
Lincoln MP Gillian Merron welcomed the news.
"I am pleased that the Lincolnshire health scrutiny committee has agreed to hold a special meeting to look at new evidence on the lab's future," she said.
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