Bristol Royal Hospital For Children

Name :

Bristol Royal Hospital For Children

Address  :

Paul O'Gorman Building
Upper Maudlin Street

Town  :

Bristol

State  :

Bristol

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

BS2 8BJ

Phone  :

0117 342 8460

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • Immunology
  • Orthopedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Urology
Facilities

Description

The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children BRHC provides a local service for Bristol children and a referral service for specialist care for families across the SouthWest and nationally

The current building opened on the 22nd April 2001and was the first purposebuilt childrens hospital in the southwest In April 2007 a further ward was opened to accommodate childrens services from Southmead with the longterm aim of centralising all hospital services for children in Bristol at one centre of excellence
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