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Do you remember the Queen's visit to "New Addenbrooke's" in 1962?
On Monday 28 May 1962, Her Majesty the Queen travelled to Cambridge to officially open the new Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Election of three patient, three public and one staff governor to the Board of Governors. Full timetable.
You are invited to our next Medicine for Members lecture on 16 February 2012 entitled ‘Violence – a role for health?’ by Dr Adrian Boyle, Consultant, Emergency Medicine. The lecture will give an insight into novel interventions that reduce the burden of inter-personal violence.
New Year honour for Richard Howe
Richard Howe, retired executive director at Cambridge University Hospitals, has been recognised in the New Year honours with an MBE for services to the NHS.
Professor Patrick Sissons, Regius Professor of Physic and Head of the School of Clinical Medicine, has been knighted "for services to research and education in Clinical Medicine".
A million viewers tuned in to watch Addenbrooke's surgeon Richard Hardwick and his team repair a patient's hiatus hernia live on television on Wednesday 27 May.
Mr Richard Hardwick begins the operation
Theatre 16 became a TV studio for the night, sending video live by satellite to Channel Four.
The operation was also watched by an audience at the Wellcome Trust in London, where Simon Dwerryhouse – another Addenbrooke's surgeon – helped to explain the procedure.
The operation went well and the patient is recovering in the hospital.
For all the details including video and discussion, visit the Surgery Live website.
Theatre 16 became a TV studio for the night
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Cambridge CB2 0QQ
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