Building    From 28/5/1926 

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital

Categories: Medicine

Building

The hospital's founder was Dr Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.
This hospital provides women-centred services including the right of a woman to be treated by a female doctor.

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital

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Lady Superintendent Alice Cross

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