News about... Royal Victoria Infirmary
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17.07.2008 - News Guardian
Nine-year-old Chloe Allan from Queens Crescent is involved in the project, which uses tailor-made computer games and is being piloted at the Cerebral Palsy Research and Therapy Centre, with ten other children from the north east.
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09.07.2008 - Northeast Journal
CHILDREN with cerebral palsy are being encouraged to play computer games in a pioneering way to help treat the condition. Ten North East families are taking part in the therapy trials using specially-written software and hi-tech Nintendo Wii remote controls.
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09.07.2008 - News Guardian
A PURPOSE-built cinema is being installed in the heart of a new development at a Tyneside hospital. Patients at the Royal Victoria Infirmary will soon benefit from the big screen thanks to the hospital joining forces with the Newcastle Healthcare Charity and MediCentre, a national charity supported by the...
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08.07.2008 - News Guardian
WHEN George Thompson, of Tyne Bowling Club, was admitted to Newcastle's RVI last September to undergo treatment for stomach cancer he could hardly have imagined that one of the consequences would be a charity bowls match this Saturday afternoon on Tyne's green in Tynemouth Park.
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05.07.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
THE announcement of his name brought beaming smiles to their young faces. But Kevin Keegan was visiting Newcastleâ s Royal Victoria Infirmary to announce a special name himself.
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03.07.2008 - Berwick Advertiser
The 245-bed state-of-the-art complex is expected to be fully completed by 2010, bringing together services currently offered at three different sites within the city.
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26.06.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Plans for region's first hospital cinema unveiled by , Evening Chronicle PLANS for the regions first hospital cinema, offering bedridden patients the chance to enjoy the silver screen, have been launched.
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23.06.2008 - News and Star
A teenager has won the battle with cancer her father lost when she was a little girl â⠬â and received a magical reward for her bravery. Images: more photos of the circus day Emily Richardson, of Great Corby near Carlisle, spent almost a year in hospital after she was diagnosed with the bone cancer...
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23.06.2008 - News and Star
Doctors feared the worst for baby Cameron Armstrong and gave him a mere 50 per cent chance of survival when he arrived 14 weeks early. Weighing just 2lb 1oz, the tot survived thanks to the dedication of medical staff at Carlisleâ s Cumberland Infirmary and the Royal Victoria Hospital in Newcastle.
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17.06.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
A North East student nurse has shared her transplant experiences with US youngsters. Health Reporter HELEN RAE finds out more A NURSING student who underwent a successful kidney transplant as a child proved she was an inspiration for young transplant patients all over the world.
