The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, is a private hospital located on Great Portland Street, in the West End area of London, England. It belongs to the Hospital Corporation of America, the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world.
The hospital has been the place of birth for several well-known people in Britain, such as Princesses Beatrice, Eugenie, Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley and Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones. Prince Joseph Wenzel, Prince Oddysseus-Kimon of Greece and Denmark, as well as children of Jennifer Saunders, Noel Gallagher, Gillian Anderson, Louise Burfitt-Dons, Claudia Schiffer, Emma Willis and Boris Becker. It is London's only private hospital dedicated entirely to the care of women and children, and their various health conditions.
The hospital occupies 3 buildings on Great Portland Street: The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, The Consulting Suite and The Maternal and Fetal Wellbeing Centre. According to its website, since the establishing of the hospital in 1983, over 32,000 babies have been born in the hospital. The children's unit offers service and conduct children up to 16 years of age from diagnosis, through to surgery and aftercare.
About 25% of its earnings come from overseas patients.
See also
The £30,000 maternity experience - Five Star Babies: Inside Portland Hospital - Episode 1 - BBC - Programme website: http://bbc.in/1S18cur Nearly 1600 women a year pay for the Portland experience. We meet Hui, a high-society It girl in China before she moved to London, who is expecting...
- List of hospitals in England
- Lister Hospital (Chelsea)
- Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital
References
External links
- The Portland Hospital Official site
