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Raemistrasse 100 Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
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Destouchesstr. 1 Munchen, Bayern (Germany)
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162 City Road London, Greater London (UK)
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East Ham Memorial Hospital
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East Ham Memorial Hospital was founded as a voluntary hospital in 1902 Originally designed by Silvanus Trevail it was extended in 1914 and 1928 to provide 25 beds and was rebuilt in 1929 to designs by Mennie and Smith to provide 100 beds The Hospital became part of the NHS in 1948 and from 1963 was included in the Thames Group of Hospitals within the North East Metropolitan Hospital Board In 1974 it became part of Newham Health District and had at that time 142 beds It closed as an acute hospital being reopened by Newham Health Authority to provide 87 acute psychiatric and psychogeriatric beds in 1990 East Ham Memorial Hospital became part of City and East London Family and Community Health Services in 1994 and Newham Community Health Care Trust in 1995
New strains of hospital bugs emerging
The HPA report which gives a snapshot of infection rates and antibiotic use last autumn found that while rates of MRSA and Clostridium difficile continue to fall other infections such as E coli and salmonella are taking their place The total prevalence of healthcareassociated infections HCAIs decreased from 82 in 2006 to 64 in 2011 though this h... Read More
Better to transplant smokers lungs than staying on wait list UK study finds
Transplant patients who need new lungs have a better overall chance of survival if they receive donor lungs from smokers than if they remain on wait lists new British research shows The study provides strong evidence there is a net benefit to patients receiving smokers lungs even though recipients of such organs are less likely to live as long... Read More