Hospitality articles
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McLeod Hospital to bring new hospital to Cheraw
CHERAW, S.C. (WBTW) -- McLeod Health has announced plans to build a new hospital in Cheraw. The hospital will serve Cheraw, Chesterfield, Marlboro, and surrounding counties. McLeod Hospital made the announcement Tuesday in a news release. Construction on the new hospital should begin in 2024-2025. The $45 million facility will be on the current McLeod []
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Kettering General Hospital is first hospital in Europe to fit 100 special cardiac devices
Kettering General Hospital has become the first hospital in Europe to fit 100 of a new type of recording device to measure heart rhythm for up to three years. The device – called an implantation loop recorder - is an inch (2.5cm) long and is fitted just under the skin of a patient’s chest and used to diagnose infrequent heart rhythm disturbances like atrial fibrillation (unusually irregular/fast heart rate). Because such disturbances can occur infrequently it can be difficult to determine what...
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Leeds General Infirmary: Hospitals Trust issues update on £650m plans for new hospital buildings in city
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust hopes to draw up detailed designs and appoint a building contractor for the scheme, expected to cost more than £650m. A new adults’ hospital, a children’s hospital and maternity centre will be open by 2030 at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) if the scheme goes to plan. The trust said it would press ahead with the development after the government publishes standardised design principles for new NHS buildings under a plan known as Hospital 2.0. Simon Worthington,...