Image via WikipediaI have been there twice as its one of the eight specialist centres in the United Kingdom for Pulmonary Hypertension. It is a large hospital but has the feel of being much smaller than it is. The atmosphere in the hospital is welcoming and immediantly relaxes you.It is an hospital where the staff seem to put the patients first which sadly is not like every hospital. It is set in beautiful grounds with its own lake and is a perfect environment for those recovering from serious operations or who are seriously ill which most who attend Papworth are.
There are plans for a new Papworth Hospital to be built on a site in Cambridge beside Addenbrokes Hospital and the medical university there.This will be a new state of the art medical campas that will make it one of the world leaders in Thorasic medicine.I can see the advantages of this happening but personally I think it is a mistake.
Papworth as a wonderful hospital with a great atmosphere, in a great setting and all that could be lost in the name of what some see as progress.I believe Papworth should build of what it has already and redevelop and improve the site it is on now not move into a brand new building where it could lose most of what makes it the magnificent hospital it is today.
Far to often in this country we destroy the old in the quest for something better instead of building on what we have and making it better. Far to often we lose what we have in this quest and end up regretting what we have lost. It will be a complete tragedy if that happens in Papworth`s case.
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