The South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre

Name :

The South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre

Address  :

Denbies Wing

Town  :

Epsom

State  :

Surrey

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

KT18 7EG

Phone  :

01372 735 800

Fax  :

01372 735 815

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Orthopedics
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 65


Description

The centre currently provides a total of 65 beds two 25bed postoperative wards and a 15bed recovery suite with high dependency and critical care facilities and has four stateoftheart orthopaedic operating theatres SWLEOC operated on its first patient in January 2004 Her Majesty the Queen formally opened the hospital in March 2004 as a trailblazer for the NHS Diagnostic and Treatment Centre programme
New drug may halt spread of killer hospital bug

A new antibiotic could help stem the spread of a notorious hospital bug by preventing recurrent infections new research suggests Almost 27000 cases of the Clostridium difficile C diff infection were reported in the UK last year In 2010 C diff caused 2704 deaths The bug spread by poor personal hygiene mostly afflicts people with weakened immun... Read More

Diagnosis of Diseases Through Ages

Diagnosis of diseases in the past involved very primitive equipments Cutting edge technology as is seen today was not heard of in the past KG Hospital when established in the year 1974 had very few gadgets to diagnose equipments However every effort was made to import advanced and sophisticated equipments as were available in the West so as to make... Read More