Everything about Leeds General Infirmary totally explained
Leeds General Infirmary, also known as the
LGI or, more correctly, the
General Infirmary at Leeds, 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. 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'.
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