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Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital founded by philanthropist Thomas Guy in 1721, located in the borough of Southwark in central London.It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre.
Statue of Thomas Guy in the courtyard of Guy's Hospital Guy Meeting with Others to Discuss his Hospital. In 1704, Guy became a governor of St Thomas' Hospital, in London. He gave £1000 to the hospital in 1707 and further large sums later. In 1721, having quintupled his fortune the previous year, he decided to found a new hospital "for incurables."
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust of the English National Health Service, one of the prestigious Shelford Group.It runs Guy's Hospital in London Bridge, St Thomas' Hospital in Waterloo, Evelina London Children's Hospital, two specialist heart and lung hospitals, Royal Brompton and Harefield and community services in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.
A statue of poet John Keats is situated in an alcove in the grounds of Guy's Hospital in the Southwark district of London. It was sculpted by Stuart Williamson and unveiled in 2007. Keats was a trainee doctor at the hospital. [1]
Engraving of Guy's campus entrance, by James Elmes and William Woolnoth in 1799. Guy's Campus is a campus of King's College London adjacent to Guy's Hospital and situated close to London Bridge and the Shard, on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is home to the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and the Dental Institute. [1]
Thomas Lucas (c.1720–1784) was an English West India merchant, at the end of his life Member of Parliament for Grampound. He was treasurer of Guy's Hospital 1764–1774 and then president of its board of governors until his death.
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals were associated with each other before the creation of UMDS. Prior to 1769, the two hospitals were known as the United Hospitals. This arrangement was formalised in 1769, after which students of physicians were taught at Guy's Hospital while students of surgeons were taught at St. Thomas' Hospital.
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