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Milford Hospital is located in the Surrey village of Milford. It is part of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK the hospital was opened in 1929. The hospital has had a number of different names over its history. These have ranged from; The Surrey County Sanatorium, Surrey Smallpox Hospital, Milford Sanatorium, Milford Chest Hospital and most recently Milford Hospital. Currently the hospital cares for the elderly and in rehabilitation. The site is located next to Milford railway station. The hospital has an orchard and a local recreation ground. It also has accommodation (now closed) for Nurses. Milford Hospital is arguably the birthplace of the British Sitcom. In the early 50's Galton & Simpson (the writers of Hancock and Steptoe & Son) created early comedy scripts together whilst patients in Milford TB Hospital. Many years later in 1997 their time there was the basis for a BBC TV sitcom "Get Well Soon" set in a similar TB Hospital "near Guildford". In 1969 it was the TV location for a Dr. Who episode (Silurians) starring Jon Pertwee. Milford featured as a fictional hospital the site of a Silurian outbreak. Milford was a sister hospital to the larger King George V Sanatorium, two miles to the East in Hydestile. A long campaign to secure the future of Milford Hospital as a centre of excellence was rewarded in 2010 with the announcement of a new role in rehabilitation care pathways for the Guildford and Waverley area.〔(Milford Hospital saved )〕 ==See also== * List of hospitals in England 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milford Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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