Western Eye Hospital

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Western Eye Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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Location within Westminster
Geography
Location Marylebone Road, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°31′15″N0°09′49″W / 51.5208°N 0.1635°W / 51.5208; -0.1635
Organisation
Care system National Health Service
Type Specialist
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Speciality Ophthalmology
History
Opened1856
Links
Website www.imperial.nhs.uk/our-locations/western-eye-hospital OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Lists Hospitals in England

Western Eye Hospital is an ophthalmology hospital in central London. It is managed by the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

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History

The hospital was founded by Henry Obre and John Woolcott, both surgeons at St John's Place in Lisson Grove as the St Marylebone Eye and Ear Institution in 1856. [1] It moved to a larger facilities in Marylebone Road in 1860, and an out-patients department was opened by the Marquess of Ripon in 1904. [1] After the existing building at Marylebone Road became very dilapidated, a new purpose-built facility was built on the same site and opened in March 1930. [1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and was renamed the Western Eye Hospital in 1993. [1]

The former Samaritan Hospital for Women is located next door, and though largely disused is utilised to provide estates and facilities support for the adjoining Western Eye Hospital. [2]

Facilities

The hospital operates a daily emergency department for ambulance and walk-in cases. It features a minor surgical theatre, a triage system and three ophthalmic operating theatres. It treats a wide range of eye conditions from glaucoma, cataract, retinal tears, to wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of blindness. [3]

Alumni and staff

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Western Eye Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. Peracha, Qasim (30 November 2022). "Spooky remains of former London hospital abandoned for 25 years". My London.
  3. "Our service". Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. Leverett 2005, p. 60.
  5. Chinthapalli, Krishna (14 September 2013). "When a doctor goes wrong" (PDF). BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 347. British Medical Journal: f5455. doi:10.1136/bmj.f5455. PMID   24022037. S2CID   29230090.

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