Mount Vernon Hospital

Details

Name :

Mount Vernon Hospital

Address  :

Rickmansworth Road

Town  :

Northwood

State  :

Middlesex

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

HA6 2RN

Phone  :

01923 826111

Web URL  :

Not Available
Mount Vernon Hospital
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Colon & Rectal Surgeon
  • Cosmetic Surgery
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dermatology
  • ENT
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Hematologist
  • Histopathology
  • Immunology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Pain Management
  • Pathology Lab
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Psychiatrist
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 300


Description

Mount Vernon Hospital has a modern Diagnostic and Treatment Centre With its spacious and contemporary design the Mount Vernon Treatment Centre constitutes a new twostorey building and the existing Princess Christian Unit The new buildings house four stateoftheart operating theatres to carry out elective surgery plus outpatient services a spacious waiting area and coffee shop

Open since February 2009 the centre was built after the Trust identified a need to separate nonelective and elective surgery within the area


History

Vernon hospital evolved from a general hospital into one providing skilled and specialised services as well as local acute medical and surgical services Founded in 1860 the North London later Mount Vernon Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest arrived in St Pancras A new Mount Vernon hospital was opened at Northwood in 1904 and has since recieved a Marie Curie hospital for women cancer patients 1967 and now the Gray laboratory for cancer research
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