Addenbrooke's Hospital

Addenbrooke 's Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Cambridge, England, with strong links to the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1766 by the will of John Addenbrooke ( 1680-1719 ) and his legacy of 4,500 pounds. Addenbrooke was a doctor and is a Fellow of St Catharine 's College, which is part of the University of Cambridge. In 1976, the Hospital of the Trumpington Street to the southern edge of the city. For a long time the hospital under the name " New Addenbrooke's " well-known.

The hospital has an annual budget of 300 million pounds. The more than 6,500 employees take care of patients in approximately 1,100 beds (as of 2005). The grounds around the Addenbroke 's like a small town. It found there is a shopping center, gymnasiums, places to stay. Also settle there more and more biomedical research institutes. This should be supported by the construction of research facilities. This created since 2003, a cancer research center and a heart - breast - center is under construction. By 2020, the area should be expanded to twice its size.