A BABY boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being attacked by a dog.
Police were called to an address in Hawick in the Scottish Borders at 4.35pm on Thursday.
The boy, thought to be weeks old, was taken to Borders General Hospital before being transferred by air ambulance to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow.
A police spokesman said: “About 4.35pm on Thursday, April 11, 2019, emergency services were called to an address in Hawick after a report of a baby being attacked by a dog.
“A baby boy has been taken to hospital where he remains in a critical condition.
“Officers remain in attendance and inquiries are ongoing.”
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A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said they were called out at 4.28pm on Thursday.
He added: “We dispatched one ambulance to the scene and transported a child patient to Borders General Hospital.
“Our trauma team then airlifted the child to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.”
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