Lincoln County Hospital

Details

Name :

Lincoln County Hospital

Address  :

Greetwell Road

Town  :

Lincoln

State  :

Lincolnshire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

LN2 5QY

Phone  :

01522 512 512

Web URL  :

Lincoln County Hospital

Description

Lincoln County Hospital is a district general hospital which serves the city of Lincoln and the North Lincolnshire area

Lincoln County Hospital provides all major specialties and a 24hour major accident and emergency service Founded over two hundred years ago the majority of the hospital has been rebuilt over the past twenty years The most recent major development has been the opening of a new pound13 million Radiotherapy and Oncology Unit that provides a service to all of Lincolnshire for patients with cancer
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