Hammersmith Hospital

Name :

Hammersmith Hospital

Address  :

Du Cane Road

Town  :

London

State  :

Greater London

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

W12 0HS

Phone  :

020 3313 1000

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dermatology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • Hematologist
  • Neurologist
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology Lab
  • Podiatry

Description

Hammersmith is famous for its research achievements and has a large community of Imperial College London postgraduate medical students and researchers It is home to the West London Renal and Transplant Centre two large cancer treatment centres and a specialist cardiac service with a 247 primary angioplasty centre The Clinical Imaging Centre which opened in June 2007 is the largest in Europe

The Medical Research Councils Clinical Sciences Centre is based at the site and works in partnership with the hospital and Imperial College London
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