Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
A 46-year-old woman was treated at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital for mild hypothermia after pulled from sea at Exmouth.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
A teenager has died after plunging more than 30 feet from an Exeter shopping centre. Max Travies, a 17-year-old student, was taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Portuguese police are to re-interview the Exeter friends of Kate and Gerry McCann. Jane Tanner and her partner, Russell O'Brien, who works at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, are close friends of the McCanns. They were ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
Staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have met a major Government target to deep-clean wards in time for today. Ministers expect 93 per cent of hospital trusts to have completed the process by the end of the day. The rest have all started ...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
At a subsequent inquest into Bron's death, Ms Jones, of Crediton, Devon, was asked by the hospital barrister about decisions she took during labour. She was called a “malingerer” and was told that her failure to communicate while giving birth had contributed to the death. The inquest heard that Bron could have survived if a Caesarean section had been carried out. A coroner recorded a verdict of accidental...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
Police closed a lane on the westbound carriageway of the A38 at Haldon Hill this morning following an accident. One person was taken by ambulance to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with non-life threatening injuries following the incident ...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
A potentially life-saving scheme to enable health workers to find information on vulnerable patients quickly is being piloted at a Westcountry hospital. The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E) is trialling the Message In A Bottle initiative, which has been introduced by the Lions Club.
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Pharmacists have been asked to cut down the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital's use of antibiotics. The hospital believes tackling overuse of antibiotics will contribute towards the recovery of patients as well as reduce the risk of infection. ...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/19/2008
A ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital is evacuated after a chemical spillage.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital postpones routine planned operations after an norovirus outbreak.
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 01/05/2008
A ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital remains closed because of the spread of a vomiting bug. The Okement ward, for gastroenterology patients, has been closed due to the norovirus bug, which causes one to two days of diarrhoea and ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 01/04/2008
A ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital remains closed because of the spread of a vomiting bug. The Okement ward, a gastroenterology ward, at the RD amp;E has been closed due to the norovirus bug, which causes one to two days of diarrhoea ...
Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/30/2007
A church service has taken place to celebrate the life of a schoolgirl who wrote a book about her battle with cancer. Kate Mehigan, 14, from Exeter, Devon, who died on November 16 at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, wrote My Story to help ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 11/29/2007
A church service is due to take place to celebrate the life of a Devon schoolgirl who wrote a book about her battle with cancer. Kate Mehigan, 14, from Exeter, died on November 16 at the city's Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. The teenager wrote ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 11/02/2007
The number of patients aged over 65 contracting the superbug Clostridium difficile at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital fell slightly in the first half of this year, new figures have shown. Data published by the Heath Protection Agency ...
