Saint John's Hospital
Hospital on the outskirts – Huge effort by 19th-century decision-makers improved healthcare
September 28, 2020 at 9:00 AM
The construction of Saint John's Hospital (Szent János Kórház) began 125 years ago, on a hillside where vineyards had once stood. The 300-bed modern hospital was much needed, as the old building of the hospital, on the present-day Széna Square, was gravely overcrowded. Doctors feared that the influx of workers to the capital caused by the construction of projects connected to the upcoming national millennium would lead to catastrophe.
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