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Whipps Cross University Hospital is an NHS-run university hospital in Whipps Cross, Waltham Forest, London, United Kingdom which housed London's first hyperbaric unit. The hospital has one of the largest and busiest A&E departments in the UK and serves a diverse community from Chigwell to Leyton. The chief executive of the hospital is Catherine Geedes. Whipps Cross is part of Barts Health NHS Trust. The closest stations are Leytonstone tube station on the London Underground's Central line and Wood Street railway station on National Rail's Chingford Branch Line. There are several buses that connect the hospital to Leytonstone station. ==History== In 1889 the West Ham Board of Guardians purchased Forest House with of grounds at Whipps Cross in Leytonstone, with the intention of building a workhouse.〔(A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), p.214 )〕 Construction of an infirmary started in 1900 and was completed in 1903. Designed by Francis Sturdy, the former main entrance is in the style of a northern Renaissance town hall.〔(London Borough of Waltham Forest: Buildings of Local Architectural or Historic Interest )〕 When it opened the infirmary provided 672 beds in 24 wards in four awe-inspiring symmetrical blocks with tiered covered walkways and two massive towers. The buildings cost £186,000 to construct, which was criticised as extravagant. During World War I, the infirmary was used to treat wounded troops; a brass plaque in the main corridor has this inscription: ''"This tablet was erected to commemorate the visit of Their Majesties King George V & Queen Mary with H.R.H. Princess Mary, to this Infirmary and War Hospital on Saturday, November 17th 1917, when Their Majesties visited the wounded soldiers and the Queen presented the medals and certificates of training to the nurses."''〔(UK National Inventory of War Memorials: Ref 40041 )〕 (Eastside Community Heritage ) began a heritage project in 2014 into the history of Whipps Cross Hospital during the First World War. By the end of the war, the infirmary had started to become a general hospital and the name was changed to Whipps Cross Hospital. Management passed from the Board of Guardians to the County Borough of West Ham council in 1930 as a result of the Local Government Act, 1929. In 1936 the hospital had 741 acute medical and surgical beds. A major extension to the east of the old Infirmary block and that was planned and was opened in July 1940. The Hospital transferred to the new National Health Service in 1946 as part of the NE Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.〔Victoria County History of Essex; Vol 4: OUP; 1973 p214〕 The 17th century Forest House was used as a ward for male mental patients; it was closed in 1962 when a new hostel, Samuel Boyce Lodge, was opened, and was finally demolished in 1964.〔(A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), p.184-197 )〕 The hospital had the lowest MRSA rates in London for three years running . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whipps Cross University Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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