Runner completes 10k with physiotherapist after cardiac arrest
18th October 2018
A marathon runner who suffered a cardiac arrest after a yoga class has run 10k alongside a physiotherapist who helped him back to health. Mike Aramayo, 53, had a heart attack in Hull City Centre and was rushed to the specialist cardiology centre at Castle Hill Hospital. However, he went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated before he was taken into the operating theatre to have life-saving surgery. Now, Mike has praised the … Read More
Sue celebrates her 70th birthday – by not giving up work
16th October 2018
A great-grandmother born in the year the NHS was created has no plans to retire despite devoting almost 40 years to caring for patients. Sue Worrall joined the NHS almost 44 years ago, working at Withernsea Hospital and the Royal Berkshire Hospital before joining Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Now, after 20 years in the Haematology Department in the Chemotherapy Day Unit at the Queen’s Centre, Sue has no intention of retiring despite celebrating … Read More
Steel worker returns to Intensive Care Unit to thank nurses
15th October 2018
A steel worker has returned to an intensive care unit to thank the life-saving team who cared for him after he suffered a cardiac arrest. Tommaso Serri, 51, collapsed while working at British Steel in Scunthorpe in May and his workmates helped to save his life before he was rushed to hospital. He spent 10 days in the Intensive Care Unit at Castle Hill Hospital before spending 12 weeks in a rehabilitation unit at Goole … Read More
Insight into the roles of the NHS’s third largest workforce
15th October 2018
What is National AHPs (#AHPs) Day? AHPs Day is a social movement to allow us to come together and focus on our professions. It is a chance to recognise the contribution of Allied Health Professionals, and a chance to celebrate our skills and achievements with colleagues and the public. Our 14 professions make up the 3rd largest workforce in the NHS, but can you name all of the professions and describe their roles? Who are … Read More
Well done to our fantastic neonatal team!
12th October 2018
The hospital team saving the lives of Hull’s sickest babies has made it through to the finals of a national newspaper’s health awards after a parent told how they’d saved her twins. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital was named a finalist in the Sun’s Who Cares Wins health awards. Mum Leanne Whitaker, 30, nominated every member of staff at the unit in the Best Neonatal Specialist category after they … Read More