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Vivienne Aitken & Laura Ferguson

Young boy shouts 'Hallelujah' as life-changing surgery will go ahead as Nicola Sturgeon steps in

A young Celtic fan will have a vital spine operation that will change his life after Nicola Sturgeon made her final act as First Minister a promise to ensure he receives the treatment.

She stepped in to sort out nine-year-old Harvey Martin's surgery after he made a heartbreaking video plea, begging her to sort out the NHS so he could get an op to end his pain because he “can’t take it any more”.

Yesterday, in her final appearance at Holyrood, Ms Sturgeon said she acted after reading his story and that he would be getting a date for his surgery next week.

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