Papworth Hospital
| Papworth Hospital | |
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| Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
The hospital's front entrance.
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| Geography | |
| Location | Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°14′53″N 0°06′39″W / 52.248057°N 0.110770°WCoordinates: 52°14′53″N 0°06′39″W / 52.248057°N 0.110770°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Cambridge Medical School |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 240 |
| Speciality | Cardiothoracic surgery including transplantation; cardiology; respiratory medicine |
| History | |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Papworth Hospital is a heart and lung hospital in Cambridgeshire, England. It was home to the first successful heart transplant in the UK and one of the world's first beating-heart transplants. Papworth Hospital is due to move to new premises on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in 2018.
The hospital was founded in 1918 as a sanitorium and industrial colony for the treatment of tuberculosis, following a campaign led by Elsbeth Dimsdale. The institution was initially under the direction of Dr (later Sir) Pendrill Varrier Jones. From the 1950s, surgical facilities developed, beginning with thoracic (chest/lung) surgery and expanding to cardiac surgery. Surgeon Ben Milstein performed the first open-heart surgery at Papworth Hospital in September 1958.
In August 1979, surgeon Terence English performed the first successful heart transplant in the UK at Papworth Hospital. The patient, Keith Castle, lived for over five years following his surgery. In August 1994 a team of doctors carried out a revolutionary operation when 62-year-old Arthur Cornhill was given the world's first permanent battery-operated heart.
Today, Papworth is the UK's largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital and main heart and lung transplant centre.
Original historical documents relating to Papworth Hospital, the Village Settlement and the TB colony are today held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at the County Record Office in Cambridge.
The Papworth site has two main building complexes: the main building (providing cardiology and all surgical services, together with the intensive care unit) and the Chest Medical Unit (providing respiratory medicine services). Subspecialities include:
Those based in the Bernhard Baron Building, also called the Chest Medical Unit:
Those based in the Christopher Parish Building:
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