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Epidemic House and the hospital operation that Hvítabandið had run at Skólavörðustígur . In 1973, the hospital received a large building in the vicinity that was used for rehabilitation and was named Grensásdeild. Various other branches have been operated outside the main building over the years, such as maternity homes, long-term accommodation for the mentally ill and the geriatric ward.
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The foundation of the hospital was dug in 1952 and concrete work began two years later. Construction took a long time and no doubt played into the fact that at the same time an expansion of Landspítali was finally undertaken, which the
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