University Hospital Zurich
Raemistrasse 100 Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
German Hospital Service
Destouchesstr. 1 Munchen, Bayern (Germany)
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust
162 City Road London, Greater London (UK)
Flinders Medical Centre
Flinders Drive, Bedford Park South Australia (Australia)
Harefield Hospital
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- Anaesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgeon
- Paediatrics
Total Number Of Beds : 149
History
The first hospital on the site was established in the First World War for the treatment of injured Australians and New Zealanders Today the hospitals stateoftheart ANZAC Centre remembers the vital contribution made by those troops
In the 1930s Harefield became an isolation hospital for tuberculosis patients laying down the foundations of its expertise in lung conditions In the late 1940s the hospital became part of the new National Health Service and began to develop its expertise in heart conditions in addition to its established lung expertise
The groundbreaking work of Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub set the direction of the hospital throughout the last decades of the 20th century He performed Harefields first heart transplant in 1980 and carried out the worlds first combined heart and lung transplant at the hospital in 1983 Read about the transplant on the BBC website
More than 2500 transplant operations have now been carried out at Harefield and the transplant population includes more than 1200 patients needing lifelong follow up
Heart shrinking trial to combat heart failure to begin
A trial using electricity to shrink the hearts of patients with heart failure is about to start in Liverpool It will involve electrically stimulating one of the nerves leading to the heart which it is hoped could shrink the heart and improve life expectancy This is the first trial of the technique in humans after it was shown to keep rats and... Read More
An early diagnosis helps families plan for the future
To help families with the assessment the Alzheimer Society has also produced a new brochure titled Getting A Diagnosis Finding Out If It Is Alzheimer Disease This brochure prepares families for the doctor appointment what to expect questions to ask and information to bring along A diagnosis can be made in a family doctors office a memory clinic ... Read More