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)
Bristol Heart Institute
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Bristol Royal Infirmary
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Description
The Bristol Heart Institute is a new pound61m state of the art hospital that brings cardiology and cardiac surgery services together under one roof for the first time in Bristol
The centre includes three catheter laboratories and a state of the art hybrid theatre three inpatient wards for cardiac patients a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit CICU Coronary Care Unit and an outpatients department
The BHI opened to patients in May 2009 and in an average year the centre will carry out around 1700 heart operations perform 4000 cardiology procedures and treat around 15000 outpatients
The centre is linked to the Bristol Royal Infirmary through theatres and the CICU
The hospital has been designed in partnership with patients staff and the public and will deliver a full range of diagnostic and interventional treatments for heart conditions including primary angioplasty to the people of Bristol the South West and beyond
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