Southampton General Hospital
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Southampton General Hospital is a District General Hospital (DGH) in Southampton, operated by the Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. The hospital was the location for the daytime TV fly-on-the-wall documentary series, The General.
History
The hospital began life as the Shirley Warren Poor Law Infirmary in 1900, when the Royal South Hampshire Hospital was running out of capacity to treat the growing city. The initial 35-acre site cost the Poor Law Guardians £8,200, and the foundation stone was laid on 6th March 1900. The original building, housing 289 beds, cost £64,800 to construct. It has since been demolished.Southampton Borough Council took responsibility for the hospital in 1929, expanding the number of beds to 431. At this stage, the hospital became known as the Borough Hospital. When the National Health Service came into being in 1948, the hospital took its present name.
The Wessex Neurological Unit opened on the site in 1965, and the East Wing was constructed in 1974, providing 450 additional beds, a new Accident and Emergency Department, and a children's unit. Three years later, the Centre Block was built, which still provides the main entrance to the hospital. The 7-level Centre Block cost over £9 million to construct.
In 1983, the £10 million West Wing was constructed, adding 472 beds to the hospital. This was followed a year later by installation of the Wessex Body Scanner at a cost of £1.5 million.
In 2005, a new cardiac centre was opened, having cost around £53 million to build. In addition to these buildings, the University of Southampton has a number of buildings on the site, which are used both for teaching and research. In particular, the hospital has a widespread reputation for cancer research.
References
- Brown, Jim. The Illustrated History of Southampton's Suburbs. Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-405-1.
External links
- [Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (Official site)]
- [Southampton Hospital Broadcasting Association]
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