Guy's Hospital 1725

occupation:
Hospital
Nationality:
British
born in:
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

From 1993 part of a NHS Trust with St Thomas's Hospital. It was founded in 1721 by Sir Thomas Guy, a publisher who had made a fortune in the South Sea Bubble. It was originally established as a hospital to treat "incurables" discharged from St Thomas' Hospital. Opened in 1725

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