St Mary's Hospital, London

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The St Mary's Hospital is a hospital in Paddington, London. The hospital has 495 beds. The hospital has the private Lindo wing, where many famous people were born.

Location

The hospital is located just north of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. West is the Paddington Station, north a side channel of the Grand Union Canal.

History

The St Mary's Hospital was founded in 1845. Its doors for patients opened it in 1851, it was the last great voluntary hospital.

1874 at St Mary 's Hospital found by Charles Romley Alder Wright of substance heroin in 1928 was Alexander Fleming there penicillin. Him his laboratory was converted into a museum in honor.

Since 2008, the hospital is operated by the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The hospital until 1988 belonged to the St Mary's Hospital Medical School, who belonged to the University of London. 1988 merged the school with Imperial College London, in 1997 with the Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School for independent from the University of Imperial College School of Medicine.