Western Eye Hospital is an ophthalmology hospital in west London. It is managed by the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
| Western Eye Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | |
 | |
  Location within Westminster | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Marylebone Road, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°31′15″N 0°09′49″W / 51.5208°N 0.1635°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | National Health Service |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Speciality | Ophthalmology |
| History | |
| Opened | 1856 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe hospital was founded by Henry Obre and John Woolcott, both surgeons at St John's Place in Lisson Grove as the St Marylebone Eye and Ear Institution in 1856.[1] It moved to a larger facilities in Marylebone Road in 1860, and an out-patients department was opened by the Marquess of Ripon in 1904.[1] After the existing facility at Marylebone Road became very dilapidated, a new purpose-built facility was built on the same site and opened in March 1930.[1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and was renamed the Western Eye Hospital in 1993.[1]
The former Samaritan Hospital for Women is located next door, and though largely disused is utilised to provide estates and facilities support for the adjoining Western Eye Hospital.[2]
Facilities
editThe hospital operates a daily emergency department for ambulance and walk-in cases. It features a minor surgical theatre, a triage system and three ophthalmic operating theatres. It treats a wide range of eye conditions from glaucoma, cataract, retinal tears, to wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of blindness.[3]
Alumni and staff
edit- Bashar al-Assad - President of Syria (attended postgraduate studies at the Western Eye Hospital, specializing in vitreoretinal ophthalmology).[4] There al-Assad’s consultant supervisor remarked “He was an extremely kind person and a warm personality" while a nurse went on the record stating he was “calm at the operating table and had a wonderful manner with the patients . . . He spoke with every patient just before surgery to reassure them all would be well.”[5]
- Tania Mathias - former British MP and UN refugee worker
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Western Eye Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ Peracha, Qasim (30 November 2022). "Spooky remains of former London hospital abandoned for 25 years". My London.
- ^ "Our service". Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ Leverett 2005, p. 60.
- ^ Chinthapalli, Krishna (14 September 2013). "When a doctor goes wrong" (PDF). BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 347. British Medical Journal: f5455. doi:10.1136/bmj.f5455. PMID 24022037. S2CID 29230090.
Sources
edit- Leverett, Flynt L. (2005). Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial By Fire. Brookings Institution. ISBN 978-0-8157-5204-2.
External links
edit- Official website
- Western Eye Hospital on the NHS website
- Care Quality Commission inspection reports
- Lost Hospitals of London – Western Eye Hospital - history of the hospital to the present
- Ophthalmology Clinic in The Western Eye Hospital