Aside from the normal grief that families and friends feel with the loss of a loved one, during these extraordinary times with the Covid19 Pandemic, many will experience the added distress of not being able to be physically at a bed side or hold a loved one’s hand.
Every day we see positive clips of patients being clapped as they leave Critical Care Units across the world and take their first steps towards recovery from Covid 19.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Charity is sending a message of thanks to the local community for the support shown as the Trust continues to provide care to patients in Cornwall during the Covid19 pandemic.
Imagine being a parent of premature baby and not being able to be with them in hospital at all times. This is the reality for many parents whose baby could be on the Neonatal unit for weeks and sometimes months.
After Pat Harvey from Par received care for Breast Cancer at Royal Cornwall Hospital, she and her husband Andrew along…
Visiting her GP with a persistent sore tongue, Susanne Jorey of Falmouth, was not expecting to be given the diagnosis of tonsil Cancer.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Charity have a team of over 30 cyclists ready to pedal into 2020 taking on the challenge of cycling 237 miles over 3 days from London to Paris.
Life size cut outs of Peter Jones and Deborah Meadon are not what you would naturally expect to find at Royal Cornwall Hospital but they took to then stage alongside the Trust’s own panel of ‘dragons’ as the Trust hosted The Den @RCHT, the hospitals version of the hit BBC show.
Would you be happy getting on a plane where the stewards had just READ about how to open the emergency door and release the escape slide or would you prefer them to have actually PRACTICED the emergency routine?
For patients with dementia, coming into hospital can be frightening and confusing. Being away from home comforts and a familiar routine can be distressing not just for the patient but also their family.
