The Princess Grace Hospital is a

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, and is part of the international division of HCA (Hospital Corporation of America), which is the world's largest private healthcare company.

History

The Princess Grace Hospital was designed by Richard Seifert and opened by

Princess Grace of Monaco Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956. Kelly ...

in 1977. The

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was opened by Princess Caroline in 1983 and the hospital was acquired by

Hospital Corporation of America HCA Healthcare is an American for-profit operator of health care facilities that was founded in 1968. It is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and, as of May 2020, owns and operates 186 hospitals and approximately 2,000 sites of care, including sur ...

in 1996.

Services

The hospital has introduced many new technologies such as Modic Antibiotic Spinal Therapy, which is used to treat chronic low back pain caused by a bacterial infection in the spinal discs, " Nanoknife", which destroys soft tissue tumours with an electric current, the da Vinci robotic surgical system, which facilitates complex surgery, "SmartPill", which is an ingestible capsule that detects changes in pressure, pH and temperature as it travels through the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract, and vacuum assisted breast biopsy, which is when a hollow probe is guided into the abnormal breast tissue and a biopsy is pulled into the probe and cut off. In recent years the hospital has grown from its main base on Nottingham Place, a few blocks west of

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. The hospital has worked in partnership with the

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and other stakeholders to develop the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health. This centre specialises in sports and exercise medicine and offers treatment to both elite sports professionals as well as those who only partake in sport at the weekend.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Princess Grace Hospital Hospital buildings completed in 1977 Hospitals in London Private hospitals in the United Kingdom HCA Healthcare Buildings and structures in Marylebone

History

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