Leeds General Infirmary
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| Leeds General Infirmary Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
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| LGI Jubilee Wing, opened 1998 | |
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| Place | Leeds West Yorkshire, England, (UK) |
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| Care System | Public NHS |
| Hospital Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated University | Leeds University School of Medicine |
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| Emergency Dept. | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 1103 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1771 (1863 current site) |
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| Website | Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in England |
Leeds General Infirmary, also known as the LGI or, more correctly, the General Infirmary at Leeds,[citation needed] is a large teaching hospital based in the centre of Leeds, England and is part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The first hospital known as Leeds Infirmary was opened in 1771 on another site. Construction of the current hospital started in 1863 to the designs of Sir George Gilbert Scott and opened in May 1868. This Grade I listed building has been extended several times since then, notably by George Corson in 1891/1892; by the addition of the Brotherton Wing which now faces Millennium Square; by the addition of the Martin and Wellcome Wings in the 1960s and the Clarendon Wing in the 1980s; and by the addition of the Jubilee Wing, opened in 1998 and providing new Accident and Emergency services. The associated Leeds Dental Institute is in the 1979 Worsley Building, the upper floors of which accommodate the Leeds School of Medicine. (History of the hospital)
LGI is one of the leading centres in the UK for brain surgery, and one of 10 centres in the UK for Paediatric cardiology. It has a rooftop landing pad for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service.
Between September 20, 2006 and September 28, 2006 the Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond was treated at the hospital after suffering critical injuries as a result of a jet power car crash whilst filming at the airfield at ex-RAF Elvington near York.[1] He was then moved to a BUPA hospital in Clifton, Bristol. He has now fully recovered and appeared on Top Gear in February 2007.
The Healthcare Commission rated Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Weak for 'Quality of Resources' and Fair for the 'Use of Resources'.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ BBC. TV host seriously hurt in crash. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
- ^ Healthcare Commission. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
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