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was founded in 1948. The Wakefield Wing, with new physiotherapy and pathology departments, accommodation for nurses, and a chapel, was opened in 1958, and a new surgical wing in 1976. From 1977 it began to accept paying non-Mason patients, but financial pressures led to its closure and acquisition in
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in 2002, but this closed in 2006. As of May 2015 the hospital was expected to reopen in 2017 as the 150-bed London International Hospital, a centre for medical tourism. However, London International Hospital Limited commenced winding up proceedings on 30 March 2017, and was dissolved on 28 March
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London International Hospital Limited terminated the remaining site service contracts and returned the site to Imperial College Healthcare Trust on 4 July 2016; it commenced winding up proceedings on 30 March 2017, and was dissolved on 28 March 2018, owing £15 million to the Trust.
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In 2012 it was stated that the building was being redeveloped by the C & C Alpha Group to house the London International Hospital, which would specialise in cancer and diseases of the heart and brain. In 2015 it was acquired by
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who proposed to reopen it as the 150-bed London International Hospital in 2017, which would be "the centre for tourists to travel to the capital city for state-of-the-art medical care".
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Gold Medal for the best building of the year in 1933. The red-brick building "combines straight lines with spectacular curved balconies", and has large concrete relief figures of
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The hospital reopened in 2002 as the Ravenscourt Park Hospital within the NHS, but closed again in 2006.
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Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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1992 by the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, not without controversy.
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A personal website which includes 17 photos of the hospital
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The hospital treated over 8,600 servicemen during the
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in Fulham Road, London, in the premises of the former
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The hospital was re-built in 1933. The architect was
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London International Hospital

Royal Masonic Hospital is located in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Coordinates
51°29′47″N 0°14′26″W / 51.496333°N 0.240646°W / 51.496333; -0.240646
Care system
Affiliated university
Patron
Emergency department
Helipad
Hospitals in England
Ravenscourt Park
Hammersmith
listed building
Imperial College Healthcare Trust
Freemasons
Gloucestershire
Stroud
First World War
Chelsea Hospital for Women
King George V
Queen Mary
Thomas S. Tait
RIBA
Hebe
Aesculapius
Gilbert Bayes
Second World War
Eric Lock
Richard Hillary

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