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Musgrove Park Hospital is a large NHS hospital located in Taunton, Somerset, England, run by Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Originally a US Army General Hospital during the Second World War, it became an NHS hospital in 1949. ==About the hospital== Musgrove Park is the major hospital in Somerset, which serves Taunton and its surrounding areas. It is often known by the abbreviation MPH by the local South Western Ambulance Service. It serves a population of 340,000 - primarily living in the area served by NHS South West. Each year 34,000 patients are admitted as emergencies; 10,000 patients are admitted for elective surgery; 28,000 are seen for day case surgery; 238,000 outpatient appointments are held; 49,000 attend Accident and Emergency, 3,000 babies are born in the Maternity Department and 170,000 diagnostics tests are carried out.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= About the trust )〕 The hospital has an annual budget of £180 million; over 700 beds as well as 15 operating theatres. Musgrove Park is also home to an Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit, a Medical Admissions Unit, a fully equipped Diagnostic Imaging department and a specialised Children’s Department including a Paediatric High Dependency Bay. The Trust also provides Neonatal Intensive Care for all of Somerset. The Trust employs about 4,145 staff.〔 Musgrove Park has a Community Radio station housed on its campus called Apple FM, presented and run by volunteers. The station is broadcast on 97.3 FM throughout Taunton Deane and beyond and to all patients and staff on the internal Bedside Entertainment Units .〔(Apple FM )〕 Following an operation on his foot, Somerset cricketer Ian Botham mistakenly walked into a children's ward at Musgrove Park. He gives this as his inspiration for raising millions of pounds for leukaemia charities. 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「Musgrove Park Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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