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  Greenwich Hospital: History
Greenwich Hospital's greatest visible legacy is its magnificent buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren by the Thames in southeast London - in the shadow of Canary Wharf and the Millennium Dome.
Greenwich Hospital also received the property of Captain Kidd executed for piracy some time earlier; and a proportion of the prize money won in the great naval wars of the 18th century.
The Hospital's affairs are delegated to the Admiralty Board, but the management of its continuing charitable roles is vested in the Director of Greenwich Hospital and a small London-based staff.
www.grenhosp.org.uk /history.htm   (634 words)

  
 GREENWICH HOSPITAL
Greenwich District Hospital was the first complete hospital to be designed by the Ministry of Health's Hospital Design Unit acting as design consultants to the South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
The 1962 Hospital Plan for England and Wales proposed that St. Alfege's Hospital, Greenwich should be redeveloped to form a District General Hospital of about 800 beds.
The whole hospital was to be ventilated mechanically and none of the windows would open so that the air in the wards would be as ‘pure’ as possible.
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 Greenwich Hospital Jobs on CareerBuilder
Greenwich Hospital is a community hospital dedicated to providing quality, value driven health care to all we serve.
Greenwich Health Services, Inc. is committed to developing and maintaining physician practices in communities outside of Greenwich so residents of those communities have convenient access to the services of the Greenwich medical community.
Greenwich Hospital is a 160-bed community hospital, serving lower Fairfield County Connecticut and Westchester County New York.
www.careerbuilder.com /JobSeeker/Companies/CompanyDetails.aspx?Comp_DID=CCBCONVXXXXX423532   (1057 words)

  
 History - Greenwich Hospital
Since the pensioners left Greenwich, the Hospital has developed as a substantial charitable organisation, with continuing welfare and educational roles appropriate to the 21st century.
In line with the Hospital’s aims, the School strives to develop a real sense of community and service to others and there is a strong emphasis on the care and welfare of pupils as well as academic achievement.
The Hospital's own support for the elderly has extended to the development of high quality sheltered housing, with 36 flats at Greenwich Court in Southsea, opened in 1989, and a second scheme, Greenwich Place at Saltash, Cornwall, opened in 1994 to mark the Hospital's 300th Anniversary.
www.veteransagency.mod.uk /about_us/greenwich.html   (639 words)

  
 Greenwich Town Departments - Nathaniel Witherell
The hospital was dedicated to the care of contagious diseases.
The "new" Greenwich Hospital, merging functions of Greenwich General and Milbank Hospitals, was established on Perryridge Road.
The hospital was remodeled to include facilities for rehabilitation therapy and dedicated exclusively to the treatment of the chronically ill.
www.greenwichct.org /nathanielwitherell/nwHistory.asp   (368 words)

  
 Greenwich Hospital (London) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Statue of George II in the Grand Square of the Greenwich Hospital, with the dome above the Chapel entrance to the left.
Greenwich Hospital was built on the site of the Palace of Placentia, which had fallen into disrepair during the English Civil War and was finally demolished in 1694.
The hospital was created on the instructions of Mary II, who had been inspired by the sight of wounded sailors returning from the Battle of La Hogue in 1692.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greenwich_Hospital_(London)   (909 words)

  
 Greenwich Guide - The Old Royal Naval College
The manor of Greenwich passed to Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and Regent of England, in 1427.
A tree in Greenwich Park is known as Queen Elizabeth's Oak, where she was reputed to play as a girl.
In 1705 the first disabled or retired seamen came to live in the hospital, the numbers rising to about three thousand by 1814, after which they declined sharply, mainly because of the end of the Napoleonic wars.
www.greenwich-guide.org.uk /rnc.htm   (1034 words)

  
 Greenwich District Hospital
Views of the exterior of the hospital (from the archives of Greenwich District Hospital) c.
Greenwich District Hospital was one of the first hospitals to use a Hospital Information Support System (HISS) to create a 'paperless' working environment.
Named, as the old hospital had been, after Greenwich's local saint, Alfege, the chapel had accommodation for about 40 people and was designed to enable wheelchair patients to attend services.
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 Greenwich Royal Hospital School 1
Following the establishment of the Hospital in Greenwich, consideration was given to the provision of education to the children of seamen, especially orphans.
The first Greenwich Hospital pupils were sent to Weston’s Academy in Greenwich in 1712, where they received an excellent and highly valued education under the tutelage of Thomas Weston, the Assistant to the Astronomer Royal (John Flamsteed).
Conclusion - Since the gun was cast in the Ottoman lands in the period 1790 —1791, during the reign of Sultan Selim III, it is concluded that the gun was one of the pair captured from the Turks on Kinaliada, Princes’ Islands, in the Sea of Marmara, on 27 February 1807.
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 Greenwich Hospital shifting 75 jobs to Westchester
Greenwich Hospital has inked a lease for 30,000 square feet at 900 King St., the 203,900-square-foot office building owned by Wafra Investment Advisory Group Inc. of New York City.
Greenwich Hospital was among institutions that saw an increase in patients after New York-United Hospital Center in Port Chester, N.Y., closed its doors in February 2005, following years of losses.
Greenwich Hospital leased the last available space at 900 King, ending a repositioning campaign for the building stretching back several years.
www.fairfieldcbj.com /archive/121806/1218060004.php   (456 words)

  
 Greenwich Post
Greenwich residents marked the arrival of Hanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, with a number of local celebrations last Friday.
While many seemed pleased last Wednesday night to hear that they would get a sidewalk in their neighborhood sometime in the next 10 to 15 years, many residents questioned why their street was chosen at all.
The Woman's Club of Greenwich and Gardeners celebrated the Holiday season at their monthly meeting on December 14, at the Clubhouse.
www.acorn-online.com /news/publish/greenwich.shtml   (699 words)

  
 Greenwich Hospital doctors tout controversial cancer screen study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Despite reservations among some colleagues, Greenwich Hospital doctors are hailing a new study they helped to produce that found a lung cancer screening procedure is effective in diagnosing the nation's leading cancer killer in its earliest and most curable stage.
The CT screening, which costs about $426 at Greenwich Hospital, has become a common procedure since 1999, when the British medical journal Lancet published a report about its success in detecting lung cancer, officials say.
The study was led by researchers at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital and published Oct. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
www.topix.net /content/trb/1037204445422220236402925896690976851496   (1258 words)

  
 THE GOOD LIFE | Health
When you walk into Greenwich Hospital, you might think you’ve mistakenly wandered into the lobby of a four-star hotel.
Greenwich Hospital, which had just expanded, was poised to fill the healthcare void.
He sees an emphasis on prevention and education and innovative off-campus facilities as a crucial part of the hospital’s future as it continues to grow from a once-small community facility to a true regional healthcare resource.
www.panachemag.com /3_06/TheGoodLife/Health/Health.asp   (474 words)

  
 Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich Hospital is a 160-bed community hospital, serving lower Fairfield County, CT, and Westchester County, NY.
For Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, CT, it took a national controversy to force the organization to overhaul its billing process from one that allowed errors and confusion to one that is more accurate, accessible, and clear to all involved in the billing process – including billing personnel and insurance employees.
“Greenwich Hospital is committed to helping patients and their families meet their financial obligations via accurate, timely, and understandable bills; sincere, friendly, concerned communications; and easy access to billing and financial information and assistance,” Blumenthal said.
www.meditech.com /publicrelations/wp/Greenwich.htm   (1013 words)

  
 Greenwich Hospital - Greenwich Connecticut
Greenwich Hospital was founded in 1903 with 28 beds.
Serving the needs of town residents in its state-of-the-art facility, the new Greenwich Hospital opened on October 2, 1999 with 256,601 square feet, holding 160 inpatient beds.
It is a voluntary, not-for-profit association and is affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital.
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 TPC Associates. The Northeast's Most Reliable Healthcare Communications Provider. Greenwich Hospital Profile.
Greenwich Hospital is a 160-bed non-profit community hospital serving lower Fairfield County Connecticut and Westchester County New York.
In the spring of 2003, Greenwich COO Quinton Friesen was introduced to the Vocera wireless communication system, a system that would empower and better connect teams that directors like Pratt preside over.
Friesen commissioned a pilot with long-time Greenwich Hospital systems provider TPC Associates, Inc. At the conclusion of the successful trial, TPC worked with Pratt and Weeks to deploy and rollout the new wireless communication system.
www.tpcsystems.com /gh_profile.html   (682 words)

  
 Greenwich, London
Greenwich, one of London's most attractive suburbs, lies 10km/6mi downstream from London Bridge on the south bank of the Thames.
It is famous for its Observatory (through which runs the Greenwich Meridian), its large Park, the National Maritime Museum and the old Greenwich Hospital which now houses the Royal Naval College.
Under the title Historic Maritime Greenwich are included the historical places and museums in Greenwich; the Queen's House, the East and West Wings which were added to it in the 19th century housing the National Maritime Museum, the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park and the museum ships "Cutty Sark" and "Gipsy Moth IV".
www.planetware.com /london/greenwich-eng-l-gr.htm   (175 words)

  
 Greenwich Hospital : Greenwich, Tudors & Stuarts : Fact files : Learning : National Maritime Museum
Wren's successor as surveyor to the Hospital was Sir John Vanbrugh, who combined his career as architect with that of soldier and dramatist.
Funding the Hospital, both for its building and maintenance, was always a problem for successive governments, and a variety of sources of income were sought.
This fund was later transferred to the Greenwich Hospital.
www.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/conWebDoc.147   (1242 words)

  
 Directions - Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich Hospital is situated almost equidistant (45 minutes) from New York City and New Haven, and is easily accessible by automobile, commuter train (Greenwich Metro-North Station), and bus.
Hospital on left and the Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Pavilion/Bendheim Cancer Center straight ahead.
Hospital campus is straight ahead on left, with Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Pavilion on your right.
www.greenhosp.org /directions.asp   (369 words)

  
 London Gazette - Royal Navy - Greenwich Hospital
And whereas by an Order in Council of Her late Majesty bearing date the sixteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, it was directed that the salary attached to the appointment of Director of Greenwich Hospital should be one thousand pounds per annum.
Whereas by Section 20 of the Greenwich Hospital Act, 1865, it is enacted, inter alia, that the Admiralty may (subject to the approval of Your Majesty in Council) fix the salaries of Officers appointed for the service of Greenwich Hospital:
And whereas by Section 8 of the Greenwich Hospital Act, 1872, it is further enacted that the provisions of Section 20 of the Greenwich Hospital Act, 1865, so far as the same relate to salaries, shall extend to pensions and pecuniary benefits of any kind
www.pbenyon.plus.com /LondonGazette/Greenwich_Salary.html   (827 words)

  
 Old Greenwich Association
Preserving the understated and warm character of Old Greenwich does not happen without the efforts of all citizens working in their own way to keep our quality of life at a high level.
Dec. 13: The Selectmen's Pedestrian Safety Committee (SPSC) was charged with the task of improving pedestrian safety by identifying areas within the Town where either the absence of sidewalks or the condition of existing sidewalks raised safety issues for pedestrians.
Greenwich Point is open daily from 7:00 am until sunset.
www.oldgreenwich.org   (419 words)

  
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Voluntary Services for the Blind of Fairfield County, The Hardy Finch Large Print Library at Greenwich Library, and The Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation.
Greenwich Lions—men and women—collect and recycle eyeglasses for distribution in developing countries.
The club presents the annual John A. Clark Award to a member of the Greenwich Police Department to recognize his or her outstanding performance in the line of duty.
www.greenwichlions.org   (266 words)

  
 Welcome to Greenwich - Health Care
Greenwich is well-served by the Greenwich Hospital, a non-profit association affiliated with the Yale New Haven Health System.
The new state-of-the-art hospital of 160 beds opened its doors in 1999.
The Greenwich Commission on Aging can provide detailed information on public and private facilities throughout town.
www.greenwichctonline.com /healthcare.htm   (114 words)

  
 Neurology of Greenwich - Dr. Frederick Nahm
is currently the Director of Stroke Services at Greenwich Hospital, and is Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology at Yale University.
We have a fully electronic office with state of the art electronic medical records and direct access to the Greenwich Hospital laboratory and radiology data bases.
We are located in Greenwich, Connecticut, approximately 30 miles east of Manhattan, and are proud to be affiliated with the neurology section of
www.neurologyofgreenwich.com   (126 words)

  
 Welcome to Greenwich Printmakers
As you may well have heard Greenwich Hospital Trust, which owns most of the Greenwich Town Centre, is proposing to redevelop Greenwich Market.
It is a major attraction to the millions who visit Greenwich each year.We believe that Greenwich Hospital Trust wants to oust Market shopkeepers by raising their rents to unaffordable levels and offering only short-term leases outside the Landlord and Tenant Act.
Greenwich Printmakers is an artists' co-operative selling original prints.
www.greenwich-printmakers.org.uk /news.htm   (218 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Greenwich District Hospital Guide | Greenwich District Hospital London, SE10, England, UK | London ...
Greenwich District Hospital London, SE10, England, UK
Greenwich District Hospital is located in the borough of Greenwich
The nearest underground station to Greenwich District Hospital is 'North Greenwich ' which is about 33 minutes to the North West.
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/greenwich_district_hospital_ba8.html   (197 words)

  
 Greenwich Veterinary Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
We are located at 358 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.
Since the last time you were here there have been a great many changes to our hospital.
We can also offer both in-hospital and housecall treatments of accupuncture, electrical muscle stimulation, and ultrasonographic massage therapy for those pets who have been injured, are recuperating or are suffering from arthritis.
www.greenwichvet.com   (143 words)

  
 Bridgeport Hospital - Employment -
That describes Bridgeport Hospital, which blends the advantages of a large urban hospital with the benefits of a smaller community hospital.
At Bridgeport Hospital, we are committed to providing truly competitive salaries and outstanding benefits.
Bridgeport Hospital is an organization where all leaders lead by example and continually demonstrate their individual and collective commitment to diversity in our workplace.
www.bridgeporthospital.org /Employment   (310 words)

  
 Greenwich Hospital shifting 75 jobs to Rye Brook
Cheaper rent and the prospect of housing a new clinical facility on its main campus have prompted Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital to move 75 back-office staffers to new space just over the state line, in Rye Brook.
Greenwich Hospital was among institutions that saw an increase in patients after New York-United Hospital Center in Port Chester closed its doors in February 2005, following years of losses.
The building is home to Cadbury Schweppes plc’s Americas Beverages unit, which in 2004 consolidated White Plains (Snapple Beverage Group) and Stamford, Conn., (Mott’s Inc.) offices into a single 135,000-square-foot base for more than 400 employees.
www.westchestercbj.com /archive/121806/1218060004.php   (471 words)

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