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29.10.2009 - Chronicle Live
AFTER 40 years apart they came from across the globe to meet up once again, with a little help from the Chronicle.
These nurses were as tight-knit as they come when they were members of the 1966 Newcastle General Hospital Preliminary Training School.
And they made an extraordinary effort t
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02.10.2009 - BBC News Tyne
Work is due to begin on a dedicated transplant centre in Tyneside, described as the first of its kind in the UK.
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28.09.2009 - Journal Live
As a world-leading centre for cancer patients opens in the North East, health correspondent Helen Rae gets an exclusive look around.
FROM the outside its impressive entrance looks more like a exclusive hotel than a life-saving centre.
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01.07.2009 - Journal Live
GREAT North Run founder Brendan Foster has announced a special partnership between the North East?s biggest sporting event and a new children?s hospital in the region.
The Great North Children?s Hospital, based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in New
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20.04.2009 - News & Star
The family and friends of brave young brain tumour victim Ethan Tweedie rallied to his support in a sponsored 12-hour tennis game.
Ethan with parents Amanda and Andrew at Chatsworth Tennis Club
The six-year-old Carlisle youngster was rushed to hospital
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27.02.2009 - Journal Live
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A MOTHER suffering from breast cancer is set to start clinical trials at Sir Bobby Robson?s new centre for research into the disease ? inspired by the former Newcastle manager.
Sally Ann Fenwick, of Hexham, Northumberland, was diagnosed with th
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26.02.2009 - Gazette Live
A BUG-FREE bubble will be brave tot Henry Valks' survival pod after a last-ditch bone marrow transplant to save his life.
The three-year-old suffering from leukaemia will be cocooned safe in a sterile world behind a glass screen.
He could stay there for six w
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21.01.2009 - BBC News England
Internationally-renowned artist Damien Hirst has leant his support to Sir Bobby Robson's cancer charity.
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12.01.2009 - Barnsley Today
A DONCASTER family is back together for the first time in five months after their baby was allowed to bid farewell to her bubble.
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27.12.2008 - Journal Live
IT MAY look like another building site ? but an empty shell on the outskirts of Newcastle is a sign of hope for thousands of families across the North East.
Within weeks, patients will start walking through the doors of the new cancer trials research centre at the Fre
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20.12.2008 - Sunday Sun
YOUNG mum Michelle Beynon has seen her Christmas wish come true . . . she can finally give her fragile tot a tender kiss.
It?s only natural for a mum to give her child a peck on the cheek, but Michelle has had to resist the simple gesture for months because any intimate physical
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17.12.2008 - Chronicle Live
FESTIVE wishes came true for these poorly youngsters. All hope to be back home for the arrival of Father Christmas, but a surprise visit by their favourite Toon stars had them beaming.
Newcastle United players, including Mark Viduka, Nicky Butt, Obafemi
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10.12.2008 - Journal Live
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ANDREW Gilmore would spend 20 hours a day in bed as Parkinson?s tore his life apart ? today his amazing recovery gives hope to all sufferers.
The businessman is back on his feet and back in charge of his central heating firm, three years after feari
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02.11.2008 - Sunday Sun
THESE amazing pictures offer a glimpse of a world-class hospital for children to be built in the North . . . with your help.
The ?100m Great North Children?s Hospital ? due to welcome its first patients next year ? is currently under construction next to the Royal Victoria Infirma
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24.10.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
NEW figures show cases of the hospital superbug Clostridium diff-icile have fallen in the region in the last six months. But despite the overall drop, Northumberland NHS Foundation Trust saw a rise ??? with 115 cases compared to 96. County Durham and Darli
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05.09.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
SMILING through his meningitis anguish, Robbie Jones is home. The 23-month-old had both of his legs and the tips of his fingers on his left hand amputated after contracting a strain of the virus. He was so ill, parents Jill Graham and Wayne Jones were told to p
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29.07.2008 - Sunderland Echo
The nine-year-old spent five months unconscious in a hospital bed after the road smash and doctors did not expect him to survive.Week after week, his devastated family prayed by his bedside for any sign of life.But today, one tentative step at a time, Callum is beginning the lo
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13.07.2008 - Sunday Sun
?ANGELS on earth? is how the staff on Newcastle General Hospital?s Ward 24 were described by their nominator.
Consultant Juliet Hale proudly picked up the award on behalf of her team that treats children and teenagers with cancer, in particular t
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10.06.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
A North East expert in ageing has been honoured. Health Reporter HELEN RAE explains. A RESEARCH centre that will make the North East a world leader in the study of Alzheimer???s disease has been named after a Tyneside university professor. The ??8m Edwardson Bui
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05.06.2008 - BBC News Wales
Doctors treating a seven-year-old boy with a rare genetic illness say they are pleased with his progress.
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04.06.2008 - Sky News
A seven-year-old boy who has spent two months in an airtight 'bubble' is going home at last. Rhys Harris: A changed boy Rhys Harris has been suffering from a rare killer illness called Nauclear Encoding Essential Modulator - or Nemo for s
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03.06.2008 - Mail on Sunday
Young Rhys Harris is the first child in Britain to be cured of a rare illness that should have killed him - thanks to space-age medical technology. The brave seven-year-old suffered from the rare genetic disease called
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02.06.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
A special charity appeal that will help scores of sick children in the region is halfway to reaching its ??470,000 target. Health Reporter HELEN RAE takes a look JUST weeks ago football hero A
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01.06.2008 - Sunday People
'My little boy screamed in agony..he couldn't even bear me to cuddle him. It was a mum's nightmare' BRAVEST of the BRAVE MAN OF THE PEOPLE FUND BACKS THE CHARITIES WHO SUPPORT FAMILIES OF INSPIRATIONAL KIDSBy B
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31.05.2008 - Northeast Journal
ARESEARCH centre which will make the North a world leader in the study of Alzheimer???s disease has opened. Newcastle University???s Institute for Ageing and Health campus at Newcastle General Hospital is part of a redevelopment of the site. Professor Jim Edwardson, w
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21.04.2008 - Sunderland Echo
Liam Seymour planted a well-deserved kiss on the cheek of sister Stephanie after she gave him the gift of life.
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10.04.2008 - Chronicle Live
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IT?S the day Jack Close has been waiting for.
After spending six weeks in isolation following a bone marrow transplant, he has now been allowed to step outside.
For the first time after his operation, plucky Jack has taken a
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03.04.2008 - Northern Echo
HEALTH bosses in the region are the first in the country to approve funding for a life-extending cancer drug. The decision by the Northern Cancer Network (NCN) means that 11 NHS patients with a rare form of gastrointestinal cancer will be the first in England ou
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22.03.2008 - Daily Mail
TV personalities Des Lynam and Jim Rosenthal will help Sir Bobby, who is currently fighting cancer for the fifth time, host the launch event. Money raised over the next 12 months will help equip a new Cancer Trials Research Centre at Newcastle's Freeman
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22.03.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
by Helen Rae, Evening Chronicle ACTOR Greg Wise is backing our Maggie????????????s Cancer Caring Centre Campaign. We teamed up with charity Maggie????????????s to give a massive boost to cancer patients in the North East. We are appealing to readers to help raise ?
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20.03.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
by Amy Hunt, Evening Chronicle BACK from the brink, Jack Close grins after being told his swap op was a success. Doctors told the eight-year-old his bone marrow transplant went well. Medics broke the news to Jack????????????s anxious family just as they were concerne
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19.03.2008 - Campaign Series
THE father of little Rhys Harris, recovering from a pioneering bone marrow transplant to save his life, sets off on a 340-mile sponsored bike ride today. The Newbridge youngster suffers from Nemo, an extremely rare genetic illness that effects just 35 people in the wo
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18.03.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
by Jane Picken, Evening Chronicle From cowskin and horse blood to Viagra and yoghurt, medics on Tyneside are using weird and wonderful things to save patients???????????? lives. Health reporter Jane Picken finds out more. AS A severely premature baby clinging on to life, little Lewis Good
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04.03.2008 - The Bolton News
SPENDING Mother's Day together at home was the best thing Logan Wilkieson's family could have wished for. Logan, aged 11 months, is back at home after spending 16 weeks living in hospital in a 'bubble' of clean air to help him overcome a deadly disease. But now the smi
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02.03.2008 - icnewcastle.icnetwork
A LEADING doctor is to review the case of a seriously ill brother and sister in a bid to keep them alive.
Newcastle-based Professor Andrew Cant, pictured below, will put the young siblings through a series of intensive tests and biopsies to determine if and when t
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29.02.2008 - Northern Echo
A free event to raise awareness of stem cell research will be held in the region later this month. Health Editor Barry Nelson reports that stem cell therapy is already being used and discovers that the North-East is leading the way internationally FEW people realise that stem cell t
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22.02.2008 - BBC News Scotland
Millionaire Gretna owner Brooks Mileson has been released from Newcastle General Hospital.
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22.02.2008 - The Scotsman
GRETNA owner Brooks Mileson has been released from Newcastle General Hospital. Club officials last night stated they expect Mileson to make a full recovery from an illness which has been confirmed as a brain infection.
The Clydesdale Bank Premier League's
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21.02.2008 - Sunderland Echo
Tavistock Chester-le-Street Riverside Band and Northern Proms CIC have joined forces with the Bubble Foundation to present a number of concerts and other events.The season of sounds starts on Saturday, March 1 with Bubble Foundation Songs of Praise at Chester-le-Street Parish Chu
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15.02.2008 - The Bolton News
BABY Logan Wilkieson who has been living in a bubble of clean air at a hospital is preparing to come home. Parents Ruth Lawrie and Gareth Wilkieson, were delighted to be told by doctors that their 11-month-old son will be able to leave hospital next Wednesday. Logan suffers fr
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15.02.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
WITH his bag of pyjamas and teddy bear tucked under his arm, today Jack Close is off to hospital. The day has finally arrived for the eight-year-old to get his bone marrow transplant. He will undergo 10 days of chemotherapy before the transplant at the end of the month. Jack o
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15.01.2008 - South Wales Argus
LITTLE Rhys Harris is well on the road to recovery and his father has launched a major fundraising drive to thank the hospital who helped him. The six-year-old from Newbridge suffers from Nemo, an extremely rare genetic disorder that effects just 35 people in the world. It me
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02.01.2008 - The Bolton News
A BABY who has been living in a 'bubble' since October is being released from hospital this week - and his parents will finally be able to give him a kiss. Logan Wilkieson, aged nine months, from Horwich, has a rare condition which affects his immune system and the sli
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20.12.2007 - The Journal
PLANS to transform the Newcastle General Hospital site with a Campus for Ageing and Vitality have been submitted to the city council. The planning application is proposed as health services are switched to the Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital from
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13.12.2007 - Sunderland Echo
From the age of seven, Janine Leach's life was plagued by epileptic fits, at one point having 100 seizures a day.The youngster, of Farringdon, was 11 when doctors discovered she had a deadly disorder, Rasmussen's Encephalitis, eating away at her brain. Experts said the only c
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09.12.2007 - Northumberland Gazette
BRAVE Michael Plank was able to attend and enjoy the Alnwick Food Festival – after his life was saved by the Bubble Foundation.
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08.12.2007 - South Wales Argus
JUST two months ago a Gwent youngster faced up to ten months in isolation bubble, his parents uncertain whether he would live or die. Now little Rhys Harris has defied medical experts and is making such a miraculous recovery that he is out of bed after just 47 days. The six-year-
