University College Hospital
| University College Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Sponsorship | University College London NHS Trust |
| place | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 31 ′ 30 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 10 ″ W. |
| beds | 665 |
| Affiliation | UCL Medical School |
| founding | 1834 |
| Website | www.uclh.nhs.uk |
The University College Hospital ( UCH ) is a hospital in London . It is part of University College London Hospitals NHS Trust and teaching hospital of the University College London (UCL). The hospital is located on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden . It is in the immediate vicinity of the main UCL campus. The nearest underground stations are Euston Square and Warrent Street .
history
The hospital was founded in 1834 as "North London Hospital". It was founded as a teaching hospital of UCL (then still "London University") eight years after its founding. The UCL's proposal to train the budding medical professionals at Middlesex Hospital was rejected by its management. Soon after it was founded, the North London Hospital was known as the University College Hospital.
On December 21, 1846, the first operation in Europe under ether anesthesia was performed at the UCH . The surgeon, Robert Liston , was the first professor to be appointed to the chair of surgery at the UCH in 1835.
In 1905 the UCH separated from the UCL. In 1906 a new hospital building, designed by Alfred Waterhouse , was opened in Gower Street, the so-called Cruciform Building. In 1914 the UCH merged with the National Dental Hospital, and in 1920 with the Royal Ear Hospital.
Between 1974 and 1994 the hospital was operated by the Bloomsbury Area Health Authority, after which it was incorporated into the University College London NHS Trust . In 1995 the Cruciform Building was closed despite opposition from the population and the workforce. The building was purchased by UCL and serves as the headquarters of the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research. There are also course rooms for the biochemistry and medicine departments of the UCL Medical School .
In 2005 a new building with 75 822 m 2 was opened at the current location. The design comes from the architect Llewelyn Davies Yeang . The cost of 422 million pounds was borne by both private individuals and the public sector as part of a funding initiative.
In November 2008 the "Elizabeth-Garrett-Anderson Wing" was opened, which, with a few exceptions, bundles the entire spectrum of gynecology in one place.
Departments
The UCH currently has the following departments
- surgery
- dermatology
- endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- geriatrics
- gynecology
- Ear, nose and throat medicine
- Infectious diseases
- Intensive care
- cardiology
- Neurosurgery
- neurology
- Emergency medicine
- oncology
- Orthopedics and trauma surgery
- Pediatrics
- pathology
- Pulmonology
- radiology
- Tropical medicine
- urology
- Dentistry
Trivia
British writer George Orwell married Sonia Brownell in 1949 and died on January 21, 1950 in room 65 of the hospital.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ UCLH trust chronology ( English ) University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ^ Robert Liston from The Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved February 2, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ Flemming, P .: Robert Liston, the first professor of clinical surgery at UCH . In: University College Hospital Magazine. . 1, 1926, pp. 176-85. in Gordon, R. (1983), p.146.
- ^ UCL: Cruciform Building. May 21, 2018, accessed February 2, 2019 .
- ^ University College London Hospitals wins award for Best Health Project (over £ 20 million) . University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original on January 24, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ^ University College London Hospital . ASM. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ University College Hospital . E-Architect. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ New EGA Wing opens to mothers and babies . University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original on November 11, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ↑ UCH Service A to Z. Accessed February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Dominic Cavendish: The It Girl who tried to save George Orwell - and how Cressida Bonas will bring her alive in a new play . In: The Telegraph . August 1, 2017, ISSN 0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed February 2, 2019]).
