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[venta]

What is it with Oxford's hospitals ?

For years, two of the main hospitals in the city were called respectively the John Radcliffe and the Radcliffe Infirmary. People frequently referred to either as "the Radcliffe".

Why yes, since you ask, that did cause quite a lot of confusion.

This morning I headed up to The Nuffield, Headington, for a physio appointment. I was running late (having broken the cardinal rule of Oxford driving, notably do not go up Divinity Road when in a hurry). I then wasted twenty minutes in various different departments until we finally deduced that I should have been at Nuffield Hospital Oxford (The Manor). Which is also in Headington.

Next time anyone builds a hospital in Oxford, can we lobby them to give it a name which is, like, distinct from all the other medical establishments ?

Comments

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

What are the JR and RI called now, then?

...and now I am terrified of turning up at the wrong Nuffield for Saturday's MRI...

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

JR is the John Radcliffe. RI isn't a hospital any more.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

The RI is called Closed. :)

Strictly speaking, the main hospital is now the Oxford Radcliffe but you'll note that the website calls it the John Radcliffe. :D (The RI never had the word 'John' in its name.)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

The RI isn't any more, it closed down a while back. Dunno what's on that site now.

The only time I went there was for the Eye Hospital bit, which involved cycling across Oxford in the dead of night with one hand clasped to my excruciatingly painful eye. I hadn't called an ambulance, out of some confused feeling that it was poor etiquette to do so for oneself.

[dave [earth.li] (from livejournal.com)]

Is the RI the bit that is now Keble Student accomodation, or is it the bit that the university is in the process of remodelling?

[venta.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia, he say:

"The site has been earmarked for expansion of the humanities and mathematics departments in the University of Oxford."

... so I presume the latter.

[venta.livejournal.com]

The Manor ir private only, so if you're NHS you definitely want the Windmill Rd one :)

(I didn't have any written correspondence from my appointment, or I might have noticed that the address of the hospital didn't match up with the location I supposed it to be in).