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First NHS Patient

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1948Date range
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Chronological records

1948

Sylvia Diggory5 July 1948

Park Hospital · Government / Labour Party Government

Becomes the first patient treated at the symbolic launch hospital.

Names involved

Sylvia Diggory

Provenance

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