Team effort gets Stephen back on his feet
15th November 2018
A man from Kirk Ella who suffered a huge bleed on the brain returned to Hull Royal Infirmary today to present a £25,000 thank you. Stephen Foster suffered an aneurysm while playing golf in January 2015 and underwent surgery at the hands of Mr Bahl and Mr Kounin. Stephen then spent time in intensive care before being cared for in other parts of the Trust including wards 4 and 40, ward 29 at Castle Hill, … Read More
20 years of fundraising sees Emma Jayne Memorial Fund top £161,000
12th November 2018
A couple who have spent the last 20 years fundraising in memory of their daughter have presented surgeons with yet another show of gratitude this week. Ruth and Tony Knowles, from Sutton-on-Sea in Lincolnshire, have raised more than £161,000 to say thank you for the care shown to 22-year-old Emma Jayne before she died of a rare brain tumour in 1998. The couple visited the neurosurgical team on Ward 40 at Hull Royal Infirmary earlier … Read More
Poppies attached to the cots of Hull’s youngest patients
9th November 2018
Hull’s youngest hospital patients will help to remember those who gave their lives for freedom when the nation marks 100 years since the end of the First World War this weekend. Red poppies have been attached to the incubators in the Neonatal Intensive Care at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital to remember the fallen during the 1914 to 1918 war. Senior staff nurse Anthea Hebdon came up with the idea and staff nurse Elizabeth Ware … Read More
Hull one of first NHS trusts awarded Veteran Aware accreditation
9th November 2018
As the nation marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, the NHS is celebrating the first wave of new Veteran Aware hospitals. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the 24 acute hospital trusts accredited by the Veterans Covenant Hospital Alliance (VCHA) to lead the way in improving NHS care for veterans and members of the Armed Forces community. Staff will be trained to be aware of veterans’ … Read More
Remembering the vital role played by Hull’s infirmary during World War One
8th November 2018
Images of the new ‘infirmary’ which treated around 6,500 army and navy casualties have been released to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. The new 220-bed infirmary, then part of the Hull Workhouse, was handed over to the British Government to receive injured military personnel from the front line after war was declared within days of its official opening. King George V and Queen Mary visit Hull Infirmary on 18th … Read More