A former doctor working at Hull Royal Infirmary has been struck off for misconduct after a tribunal found he had kissed and inappropriately touched female colleagues. Dr Vikram Gangaiah Aarella’s repeated and unwanted sexual behaviour towards two female doctors at the hospital in October 2022 was laid bare in a …
Read More »Hull Royal Infirmary car park operator lodges bid to waive improvement requirements to keep operating
The operator of a car park used by Hull Royal Infirmary staff, patients and visitors is bidding to waive requirements that it improves the facility so it can keep operating. An application lodged by Bank Parking for the Fountain Street car park is seeking to remove a planning condition requiring …
Read More »‘My daughter almost died after swallowing magnetic balls from fidget toy’
A Hull toddler had to have a major operation after she swallowed magnetic balls from a fidget toy and fell severely ill. Meliyah-Jayd, 2, suffered 10 days of painful symptoms, including vomiting dark green liquid and screaming in agony. During the terrifying ordeal, mum Jade Lee Berriman – who did …
Read More »Hull Royal Infirmary’s staff, nurses, doctors and patients in the 1980s
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 »Inside the morgue at Hull Royal Infirmary
‘We are here to help the relatives, to ensure they are treated with dignity and respect’ Working in a mortuary is certainly not as glamorous as it looks on television shows such as Silent Witness. But it is a complex, fulfilling and sometimes even an uplifting job, staff say. Five …
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 »Hull Royal Infirmary wards and waiting rooms from the 60s and 70s
These fascinating flashback images give a glimpse into what Hull Royal Infirmary looked like over 60 years ago. We have delved into our flashback folders, as shown in the video above – and it is fascinating to see what it looked like back in the 1960s and 1970s. To sign …
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 …
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