London Chest Hospital | |
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Barts Health NHS Trust | |
The London Chest Hospital on the day of closure | |
Geography | |
Location | Bonner Road, Bethnal Green, London, England |
Coordinates | 51°31′56″N 0°02′57″W / 51.5321°N 0.04926°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | National Health Service |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | Chest |
History | |
Opened | 13 March 1848 |
Closed | 17 April 2015 |
The London Chest Hospital, located in Bethnal Green in London, adjacent to Victoria Park, was a hospital with a national reputation for treatment of cardiac and pulmonary disease.[1] Since 1999 it had been run by the Barts Health NHS Trust.[2] It closed on 17 April 2015 as part of the creation of the Barts Heart Centre at St Bartholomew's Hospital, by consolidation of services from the London Chest Hospital and The Heart Hospital, part of University College London Hospital.[3]
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