"It doesn't look like a hospital entrance, but it is not supposed to. A giant slide sits in the lobby, rocket-shaped lifts stand at each end and toys everywhere welcome young people to the Evelina outpatients department. When it opened in 2005 Evelina London Children's Hospital was the first new children's hospital built in the capital for more than 100 years. Today it cares for about 100,000 young people a year."
"The Evelina's medical director, Dr Sara Hanna, remembers the first day well. "Vividly, actually," she told me. "I'm an intensive care doctor and we needed to move the children from the intensive care unit at Guy's. "I remember being in the ambulance and taking the first child over to our new intensive care unit. It was completely different in terms of the facilities and the space that we had before.""
Evelina London Children's Hospital opened in 2005 as the first new children's hospital in London for over a century and now treats about 100,000 young patients yearly. The outpatient areas feature playful elements such as a giant slide, rocket-shaped lifts and toys to welcome children. Wards were designed with curves and pull-down beds so parents can stay overnight. Medical care changed substantially across roughly 30 paediatric specialties over two decades. Intensive care moved into larger, improved facilities, and newer imaging technologies like the EOS system offer much lower radiation doses for spinal follow-up.
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