Royal Oldham Hospital: Attempted murder charge after nurse stabbed

Royal Oldham Hospital: Attempted murder charge after nurse stabbed

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a nurse was stabbed at a hospital and left with life-changing injuries. Rumon Haque, 37, has also been charged with possession of a bladed article after the incident at about 23:30 GMT on Saturday at Royal Oldham Hospital’s acute medical unit. The nurse, a woman in … Read more

Royal Liverpool Hospital A&E patients waiting up to 50 hours

Royal Liverpool Hospital A&E patients waiting up to 50 hours

Patients at Royal Liverpool University Hospital’s accident and emergency unit are facing waits of up to 50 hours. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has declared a “critical incident” due to “exceptionally high demand” on services and urged people to only go to A&E in a genuine medical emergency. The hospital said it was “extremely … Read more

Royal Papworth Hospital ‘lungs in a box’ could boost transplants

Royal Papworth Hospital ‘lungs in a box’ could boost transplants

Royal Papworth Hospital The machine, nicknamed “lungs in a box”, is designed to mimic the human body A new machine which keeps lungs alive outside of the body could “transform” the number of people receiving transplants, surgeons hope. The breakthrough has come at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire after it became the first in the … Read more

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry title conferred on NIT-C Professor

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry title conferred on NIT-C Professor

Dr. Parameswaran Pattiyil Parameswaran Pattiyil, Professor and head of the Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C), has been made Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), United Kingdom, for his contributions to chemistry. The award is in recognition of Dr. Pattiyil’s research on chemical bonding and reactivity. A Fellow is the RSC’s … Read more

Poor maternity care at Hull Royal Infirmary risked babies’ lives, say mums

Poor maternity care at Hull Royal Infirmary risked babies’ lives, say mums

Maternity services at Hull Royal Infirmary have recently been described in a damning report by the health watchdog as chaotic, unsafe and not fit for purpose. Three mothers, who claim staff missed signs of life-threatening conditions that could have killed them or their babies, have spoken to the BBC about their harrowing experiences at the … Read more