Staff and Patients
Frank Pantridge, the "father of emergency medicine", was a cardiac consultant at the hospital for over 30 years. During his time at the Royal, Pantridge developed the portable defibrillator, which revolutionised emergency medicine by allowing patients to be treated early by paramedics.
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician Carmel Hanna worked as a nurse in the hospital. Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) politician David Ervine was admitted on January 7, 2007, and died there the following day. During the Northern Ireland Troubles, the R.V.H. was regarded as one of the best hospitals in the world for the treatment of gunshot wounds. Gunshots to the knee (associated with "punishment" shootings) enabled surgeons at the R.V.H. to gain renown with their treatment of such injuries.
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