These throwback pics show many of the friendly faces who cared for Hull residents in the ’80s Today is ‘999 Day’ – an annual celebration of our emergency services and NHS. To mark the occasion, we’ve picked out a selection of fascinating flashback images offering a glimpse into life at …
Read More »Trust issues Hull Royal Infirmary A&E warning as junior doctors set for 3-day strike
People are being urged to avoid Hull Royal Infirmary’s emergency department over the next few days as junior doctors go out on strike. Some routine operations and non-urgent appointments are also having to be rearranged as the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust takes action to mitigate against the loss …
Read More »‘Major incident’ at Hull Royal Infirmary – the grave situation in our city’s NHS
Declaring a “major incident” may seem like an extreme option to protect our health and social care services. While talk is currently dominated by lifting restrictions, in Hull and the East Riding we seem to be struggling. For the latest coronavius news click here. But this is a complex situation …
Read More »All non-urgent surgery at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital to be cancelled due to Covid
Planned surgical operations at Hull and East Riding’s two main hospitals are being suspended from January because of an expected surge in Covid-19 patients over the coming days. The decision by the Hull University NHS Teaching Hospitals Trust was confirmed on Tuesday morning in a message to staff at Hull …
Read More »Death notices and funeral announcements from the Hull Daily Mail this week
Every week, dozens of funeral notices and birth announcements are made in the Hull Daily Mail. Announcing the death of a family member has been a time-honoured tradition for family and loved ones, a tradition which should continue as a life should be celebrated and never forgotten. There have been …
Read More »Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital visiting restrictions eased
Visiting restrictions at Hull’s hospitals are being eased from next week as rates of Covid-19 infection continue to fall. From Monday, one named visitor will be able to visit a relative or friend at Hull Royal Infirmary or Castle Hill Hospital by booking a slot of up to an hour …
Read More »Behind the Hull Royal Infirmary walls where coronavirus patients fight for every breath
Inside the frightening chaos of Hull’s intensive care unit lies a patient battling coronavirus. But this isn’t an elderly person with underlying health conditions but previously fit and healthy Laura who is just 31 years old. Look North’s health correspondent Vicky Johnson was invited in to the Intensive Care Unit …
Read More »Hull hospitals in heartbreaking appeal to public after ‘holding hands of dying Covid patients’
Hull now has more patients with coronavirus in hospitals than it did during the first wave, according to latest figures. Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital currently has 117 patients being treated for coronavirus – up by nine from Wednesday’s total of 108. The number of patients in intensive …
Read More »NHS ‘sorry’ after hundreds left queuing for beds at Hull Royal Infirmary
The NHS has apologised after almost 1,000 patients were waiting longer than four hours for a bed in Hull’s A&E last month. Data from the NHS shows 973 people were left waiting more than four hours for a ward bed at Hull Royal Infirmary in January 2020, which is the …
Read More »Coronavirus UK patients treated at infectious diseases unit at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham
Patients confirmed to have been infected with coronavirus have been treated at a contagious disease facility in Cottingham. Two patients were being looked after by a team of medics at the specialist unit inside Castle Hill Hospital before being transferred to Newcastle. Sources told Hull Live that hospital staff were …
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