21.   A row has broken out among Darlington councillors over plans to build a private hospital in Lingfield Way on the Yarm Road Industrial Estate.

22.   They claimed the private hospital development would have a negligible effect on residents.

23.   Plans for a private hospital for Darlington have been scuppered by the environment secretary following a planning inquiry earlier this year.

24.   A FOREIGN medical company has drawn up plans for a private hospital development in Darlington, it was revealed last night.

25.   It had no idea if the private hospitals were in turn charging their patients.

26.   Among the problems has been high turnover among paramedics, many of whom have left EMS for higher paying jobs with private hospitals.

27.   An experienced substance abuse counselor, he established a private Catholic hospital called the St. Luke Institute.

28.   And the measures have begun drawing back patients who had abandoned Woodhull because of its poor reputation and because of competition from private hospitals, he said.

29.   And there is evidence that the private hospitals are not likely to do much to pick up the charity-care load.

30.   As a result, Shelley was able to return to the private hospital within a week and is now back at the school teaching part time.