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 aimed at combating heart failure to begin
The technique involves electrically stimulating nerves leading up to the heart with the hope it will reduce and size and improve life expectancy It has already been trialled on rats and dogs who were found to have been kept alive longer The first patient will be operated on next week by surgeons at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and The Royal... Read More
Highlevel trauma care may limit disability
The findings researchers say add to evidence that patients fare better when theyre treated under an organized trauma system where hospitals emergency services and state governments have coordinated plans for getting the right patients to the appropriate treatment Socalled Level I trauma centers provide the most comprehensive care for traumatic ... Read More