BRADFORD Royal Infirmary (BRI) will see more £9 million of improvements in a boost for patients and staff, it has been announced. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is investing £4.9m in capital funds across two building projects at the BRI, while NHS Improvement (NHSI) is providing £4.25m for three ward refurbishment programmes. The aim of the projects is to transform patient flow, boost the work environment and end enhance the experience and care provided to patients. Mark Holloway, Director of Estates and Facilities, said the schemes will enhance the hospital environment for our patients and staff alike . He added: “A fast-track construction programme has been developed to demonstrate our commitment to provide first-class healthcare and surroundings to match, as well as providing the most effective hospital pathways to meet the needs and demands of our patients.
A TOP Bradford doctor has spoken of his pride in leading a trial to find an effective Covid-19 vaccine, describing it as the pinnacle of his research career . Professor Dinesh Saralaya, a Respiratory Consultant at Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) is Director of the newly-established National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Patient Recruitment Centre, which is based at BRI and under the auspices of which, the late phase Novavax vaccine trial in Bradford was organised. On the news that the Novavax coronavirus vaccine had been shown to be 89.3 per cent effective at preventing Covid-19 in participants who took part in the large-scale UK trials, Professor Saralaya said: “This is tremendous news. It’s fantastic. The more vaccines we have the better. Vaccines are the only way out of this pandemic and the way for us to get back to normal life.
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When a young woman was brought to hospital struggling to breathe and seven months pregnant, staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary knew they had two lives to save, writes Dr John Wright.
Mehpara Naqvi is 22, a graduate of Bedfordshire university who came to live in Bradford with her husband, Ali, and his family. They weren t going out much after Covid arrived, she says, just to the supermarket and to buy things for their baby, who was due in December.
But at the start of October, Mehpara got a headache and a cough. Then she started losing her sense of taste and smell, and realised that she probably had Covid. She and Ali isolated in their room at the top of the house; Ali s mother left food outside their door on a tray.
Coronavirus doctor s diary: We turned 90, moved in together - then got the vaccine
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The UK s Covid vaccination programme has begun, with the over-80s and some health and care staff first in line. Two dancing partners who only became a co-habiting couple at the age of 90 were among the first in the queue in Bradford, where Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary got to hear about them.
As with so many great romances, it all started for Lily Abbot and Trevor Hirst on the dance floor. They first met through Bradford s sequence dancing circuit 30 years ago, became good friends and would travel to events around the country together - Lily partnered by her husband, Wilf, Trevor with his wife, Rita.