Louth County Hospital

Details

Name :

Louth County Hospital

Address  :

High Holme Road

Town  :

Louth

State  :

Lincolnshire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

LN11 0EU

Phone  :

01507 600100 / 01507 602953

Fax  :

01507 602195

Web URL  :

Louth County Hospital

Description

This district general hospital serves the city of Lincoln and the North Lincolnshire area It 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 developments include the opening in October 2001 of a new pound13 million Radiotherapy and Oncology Unit and the development of three new wards built to the highest possible specification all completed during 2010
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